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New Collision Looks Imminent for B15a Iceberg
27.05.2005
The mammoth B-15A iceberg appears poised to strike another floating Antarctic ice feature.
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Antarctic Runway for Jets
27.05.2005
The Australian Government has approved the building of an ice runway and supporting an air link between Hobart, Australia and Australia's Casey Station in Antarctica.
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East Antarctica Puts on Weight
27.05.2005
A satellite survey shows that between 1992 and 2003, the East Antarctic ice sheet gained about 45 billion tonnes of ice as predicted by the IPCC.
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Post-2012 Climate Talks Stalled at UN Conference
26.05.2005
Global talks on an international regime to combat climate change after Kyoto ends made little progress at a UN conference in Bonn. EU and US delegates were unable to agree on a common statement after bilateral meetings on 18 May.
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Sea Level Records Reveal Surprising Variations
26.05.2005
A new reconstruction of past changes shows that the level of the oceans varied quite dramatically during the period between ice ages, implying that the global climate during these intervals was not as stable as most scientists had previously thought.
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NASA Study Finds Snow Melt Causes Large Ocean Plant Blooms
26.05.2005
A NASA funded study has found a decline in winter and spring snow cover over Southwest Asia and the Himalayan mountain range is creating conditions for more widespread blooms of ocean plants in the Arabian Sea.
