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Rocks from Canadian Arctic Offer New Perspective on Primitive Earth
12.08.2010
A new discovery made in the Canadian Arctic could offer scientists a fresh perspective on the Earth’s ancient history. According to a paper published in the journal Nature, geochemical evidence from volcanic rocks collected on Baffin Island scientists may have found an untouched part of the Earth's early mantle that…
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Permafrost Continues to Warm in Northern Hemisphere; Monitoring Increasing
05.08.2010
An extensive study on permafrost shows that permafrost warming continues to spread throughout a wide swath of the Northern Hemisphere. The results of the study, recently published in the journal Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, describe the thermal state of high-latitude permafrost.
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US and Canada Embark on Joint Effort to Map Disputed Area in Beaufort Sea
28.07.2010
For the first time since they embarked on a joint Canada-US seabed mapping project, the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis St. Laurent will join the US Coast Guard cutter Healy to explore a supposedly resource-rich part of the Beaufort Sea claimed by both countries while doing research on sea ice…
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Canadian Arctic Crater to Simulate Future Space Exploration Conditions
27.07.2010
A group of international researchers are currently in the Canadian Arctic testing concepts for future planetary exploration within the framework of the Haughton-Mars Project, an international, multidisciplinary field research project focused on the scientific study of the crater and surrounding terrain on Devon Island. Heading to the Haughton Crater on…
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Methane Releases from the Arctic to Have Large Impact on Seas Worldwide
08.07.2010
A new study published in the Geophysical Research Letters, suggests that massive releases of methane from the Arctic seabed could cause oxygen-depleted dead zones, sea acidification and disrupt ecosystems in several areas of the northern oceans. These events, the scientists involved in the study say, could happen if global warming…
