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Melting Sea Ice
05.05.2008
The September 2007 record low minimum extent of the Arctic sea ice could be broken this fall for the third time in five years. According to the calculations of scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder, the minimum extent of the Arctic sea ice has a three-in-five chance of…
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ADRILL Cores to Be Analysed at Florida State University
30.04.2008
The sediment cores extracted during the ANDRILL project (Antarctic Geological Drilling) are now stored in the "cold room" at Florida State University to be studied. Through the analysis of these cores extracted from deep beneath the sea floor of Antarctica's western Ross Sea, scientists hope to gain new insight into…
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Effects of Climate Change on Arctic Marine Mammals
30.04.2008
Published in the Ecological Applications of the Ecological Society of America, a new study entitled "Arctic Marine Mammals and Climate Change" estimates hooded seals, polar bears and narwhals to be the most at-risk mammals of the Arctic.
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Ice Coring in Alaska
30.04.2008
A new multi-year ice coring mission is being carried out in Alaska's Denali National Park, bringing together the University of New Hampshire and University of Maine. This year's month-long reconnaissance mission will aim to identify the best possible drill sites to recover ice cores from the park's glaciers.
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Polarized Northern Lights Detected in the Arctic
29.04.2008
An international team of scientists, lead by Jean Lilensten of the Laboratory of Planetology of Grenoble in France, has detected polarization in aurora borealis. This unexpected finding could provide new insight on the composition of Earth's upper atmosphere, the configuration of its magnetic field and the energies of particles coming…
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Ozone Hole Recovery Could Modify Southern Hemisphere Climate
29.04.2008
Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Aeronautics and Space Administration claim that if the stratospheric ozone hole were to recover, the southern hemisphere's climate, including that of Antarctica, could be subject to big change.
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ESA Radar Could Be Used to Study Ice Sheets
25.04.2008
A radar technique currently being used by the European Space Agency (ESA) on Mars could find new applications on Earth, such as studying ice sheet stability. A new ESA study is currently being undertaken in order to refine the technique for use on Earth.
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Solar Radiation Influences Arctic Sea Ice Extent
22.04.2008
A team of scientists from the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Colorado State University (CSU) have determined that Arctic summer sunshine has been producing more pronounced melting than in the past.
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German Polarstern Expedition Finds Antarctic Deep Sea Turns Colder
22.04.2008
First results from the 2007-08 Polarstern expedition of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Marine Research reveal that the Antarctic deep sea is getting colder and that this could possibly stimulate the circulation of the oceanic water masses.
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Role of Meltwater Lakes in Greenland Ice Loss
21.04.2008
Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Washington (UW) have, for the first time, studied the entire draining process of a meltwater lake above the Greenland ice sheet. Conclusions brought forward by lead scientists confirm the Greenland ice sheet plumbing system; show the contribution of…
