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Arctic Oil and Gas Drilling Has Started in Greenland’s Waters
02.09.2010
Oil drilling started in Greenland's waters last week, opening up a new part of the Arctic to natural resource exploitation. With an estimated 13% of the world's remaining oil and 30 % of its gas, various multinational companies are interested in getting a share. As Arctic drilling presents multiple technical…
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Are Extreme Climatic Events Linked to Climate Change?
31.08.2010
From the recent heat waves in Russia to the current floods in Pakistan, the question as to whether climate change is responsible for these extreme events seems to be on everybody’s lips these days. Separately reporting in The Guardian and Wired Science, prominent climatologists Peter Stott from the British Met…
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Now Running on ExpressionEngine
23.12.2009
To make a long story short, our websites were running on a custom made Content Management System (CMS) that served us well. We wanted to move to an industry standard CMS for the following reasons: scalability, ease of maintenance and speed optimisation. After considering different options, we chose ExpressionEngine and…
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NOCS Computer Simulations Improving Understanding of Arctic Ocean Circulation
11.12.2009
Scientists of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NCOS) have been using high-resolution computer simulations to get a better understanding of the inflow of warm water form the North Atlantic into the Arctic Ocean and how this affects ocean climate. The simulations, which have been corroborated by other long-term measurements and…
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Antarctic Iceberg B17B Drifting towards Australia
10.12.2009
Nearly ten years ago, iceberg B17B calved off the eastern end of the Ross Ice Shelf. One of the largest to have calved off of the ice shelf (measuring 19 km long and 8 km wide), the iceberg is now making its way towards Australia.
