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Humans Not Main Culprit in Musk Ox Population Decline After Last Ice Age
10.03.2010
A team of scientists found that human activity is not the reason behind the drastic decline in Arctic musk ox populations that began 12,000 years ago. The findings, to be published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), shows that while both human and musk ox…
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Tuft of Hair Used to Reconstruct Ancient Greenlander
11.02.2010
Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have done the first reconstruction of the nuclear genome of an extinct human using DNA retrieved from tufts of hair and bone fragments from a man who lived in Greenland some 4,000 years ago. Besides the four small pieces of bone and hair, no…
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Recent Sea Ice Survey Draws Attention to Arctic Warming Once Again
03.12.2009
Right before the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, a team of explorers and scientists wanted to draw attention to an increasingly warmer Arctic. The team departed on a 450-kilometre trek across the Arctic for 73 days in unfriendly terrain with temperatures of -40°C.
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Raising Awareness about Inuit Culture during the Year of the Inuit
30.11.2009
The Canadian Government has officially declared 2010 the Year of the Inuit in Canada to raise awareness about Inuit culture and issues.
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Accelerating Climate Change Requires Urgent Emission Reductions
30.11.2009
With ice sheets melting at an increasing rate and Arctic sea ice vanishing faster than projected, The Copenhagen Diagnosis, a new report documenting the key findings in climate change science since the publication of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report in 2007, has been released to give an update on scientific…
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Global Warming Threatens Infrastructure in Canada’s North
30.11.2009
Roads, buildings and other infrastructure in northern Canada will be increasingly affected by global warming with disastrous consequences as temperatures become increasingly milder in the area, according to a recent report by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE).
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Raising Awareness about Inuit Culture during the Year of the Inuit
30.11.2009
The Canadian Government has officially declared 2010 the Year of the Inuit in Canada.
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New Study to Help Oil Companies Prepare for Potential Arctic Spills
18.11.2009
On November 17th, oil companies presented the results of a recent study which they believe will prepare them for any future oil spills in the Arctic. Because of the particular - and thus far mostly unstudied - nature of oil spills in the Arctic, seven major oil companies banded together…
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Ozone Hole over Antarctica Slowly Recovering
18.11.2009
In September 2009, the size of the ozone hole over the Earth'ssouthernmost continent reached its springtime peak. It was measured to bethe 10th largest on record, according to researchers from the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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Study Results Force New Australian Antarctic Division UV Exposure Policy
17.11.2009
The results of a new collaborative study by the Australian Antarctic Division and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency show that many who go on Antarctic expeditions receive more than the recommended limit of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure. According to the study, the extended duration of sunlight in…
