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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:16:54 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Analysis of Greenland Ice Sheet’s Dynamics Indicates Worst-Case Melt Scenario Unlikely]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/analysis_greenland_ice_sheet_worst_case_melt_unlikely</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A new study conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Washington and Ohio State University has been able to give a more comprehensive analysis of the ice dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet&rsquo;s glaciers.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 11:00:42 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sea Ice Loss Forcing Polar Bears to Swim Longer Distances, Says USGS Study]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/sea_ice_loss_forcing_polar_bears_to_swim_longer_distances_says_usgs_study</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With Arctic sea ice on the decline, polar bears must swim nonstop for hundreds of kilometres in order to find food, according to a USGS study published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:30:10 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arctic Sea Ice Loss Strongly Linked to Rise in Greenhouse Gasses]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/arctic_sea_ice_loss_strongly_linked_to_rise_in_greenhouse_gasses</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A new study&nbsp;conducted by scientists from the Max Plank Institute for Meteorology in Germany shows a strong, physically plausible correlation between rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and diminishing sea ice in the Arctic.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:16:19 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ikaite Crystals Show Antarctica Was Affected by  Recent Climate Fluctuations]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/ikaite_crystals_show_antarctica_was_affected_by_recent_climate_fluctuations</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A new method of reconstructing past climates - which uses water locked inside ikaite crystals in ocean seabed sediment &nbsp;- indicates that the Medieval Warm Period &nbsp;(MWP) and the subsequent Little Ice Age (LIA) may have affected areas as far south as the Antarctic Peninsula.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 10:45:40 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Climate Change Altering Marine Habitats in Arctic Ocean]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/climate_change_altering_marine_habitats_in_arctic_ocean</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Released at the IPY &ldquo;From Knowledge to Action&rdquo; conference in Montr&eacute;al, a new study indicates that climate change is affecting biodiversity in the Arctic and posing &ldquo;significant challenges&rdquo; to the survival of marine life in the region.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:53:36 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Warm Ocean Water Melting Antarctic Ice Shelves from Below]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Results of a new multinational study published in Nature show that warming ocean water making itw way under ice shelves in Antarctica is a major cause of ice loss on the continent. Carried out by researchers from the British Antarctic Survey, Utrecht University, the University of California San Diego and the non-profit Earth and Space Research institute.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:28:30 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CryoSat-2 Produces First Map of Arctic Sea Ice Changes Throughout Winter]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Scientists have made the first map showing changes in the thickness of Arctic sea ice over the course of the boreal (northern) winter of 2010-2011 using data from CryoSat-2, a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite launched in April 2010 designed to track sea and land ice thickness changes at the Poles.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:58:05 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program Releases Report on Trends in Arctic Wildlife]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/circumpolar_biodiversity_monitoring_program_releases_report_on_trends_in_ar</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to a report from the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) released on 23 April at the IPY &ldquo;From Knowledge to Action&rdquo; conference in Montreal, populations of many animal species are undergoing changes.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:05:34 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Surface Lake Melt in Greenland Causing Ice Sheet to &#8220;Slip Away&#8221;]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[According to results of a study by a team of researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Greenland Ice Sheet is slipping into the ocean at a faster rate due to &ldquo;catastrophic lake drainages&rdquo; &ndash; when huge amounts of meltwater from surface lakes on top of the ice sheet drain to the bedrock of the ice sheet and into the sea.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:30:57 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Newly Discovered Methane Source in the Arctic: Ocean Surface Waters]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/newly_discovered_methane_source_in_the_arctic_ocean_surface_waters</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to a multi-institutional study published in Nature Geoscience, areas in the Arctic Ocean appear to be emitting the potent greenhouse gas methane (CH4). As a greenhouse gas, methane is 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide (CO2).]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:11:10 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Scientists Advocate Moratorium on Fishing in Arctic]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In an open letter released by the Pew Environment Group, more that 2,000 scientists from 67 countries are encouraging calling for a moratorium on commercial fishing in the Arctic until more research can be done on the regions that were once covered by sea ice throughout the year.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:11:35 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Satellite Mapping Shows Emperor Penguin Populations Almost Double of Previous Estimates]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Using satellite imagery, an international team of scientists have shown that populations of emperor penguins in Antarctica have been severely underestimated. The study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, estimates that the population stands at 595,000 penguins &ndash;almost double previous estimates of 270,000 &ndash; 350,000.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:48:27 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Increase Seen in Plant Biomass in Arctic Tundra]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/increase_seen_in_plant_biomass_in_arctic_tundra</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Virginia and the University of Alaska Fairbanks&nbsp;and published in Environmental Resarch Letters, the aboveground live biomass of Arctic tundra vegetation has increased by 19.8% all throughout the circumpolar North since 1982.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:37:28 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mystery Disease Afflicting Polar Bears, Seals and Walruses in the Arctic]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/mystery_disease_afflicting_polar_bears_seals_and_walruses_in_the_arctic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A mystery disease that has been blamed for the deaths of many seals and has infected walruses has now appeared in polar bears as well.&nbsp;According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), polar bears were found to have patchy hair loss and oozing sores. These symptoms are similat to what researchers have witnessed in seals since the summer of 2011.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:20:08 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study Shows Increase in Atmospheric CO2 Helped End Last Ice Age]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/study_shows_co2_helped_end_last_ice_age</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Scientists have been able to reconstruct past temperatures using proxy methods such as reading ice cores, tree rings and sediment cores from the bottom of lakes and oceans. They have also been able to reconstruct past levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere from air bubbles trapped in ice cores.&nbsp;However, until recently, it has been difficult to get an indication as to whether CO2&nbsp;levels increased before temperature did towards the end of the last ice age, which came to an end 11,700 years ago. Looking solely at ice core data form Antarctica, it appears that locally, warming slightly preceded an increase in atmospheric CO2&nbsp;at the end of the last ice age in most parts of the planet.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:40:27 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thawing Permafrost Attributed to Acute Global Warming in Past]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[An international study conducted by researchers from the US, Italy and the UK published in Nature&nbsp;has shown that&nbsp;past thawing of permafrost on Earth and the carbon that was released from it into the atmosphere led to a runaway warming effect.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:41:21 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NRC Releases Synthesis of Reports on the State of the Polar Regions]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The US National Research Council (NRC) has just released a synthesis of reports from thousands of scientists from 60 countries who participated in research projects during the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007- 2008.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:50:06 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CryoSat Validation Mission Shows Blue Ice Region in Antarctica Rising]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/cryosat_validation_mission_shows_blue_ice_region_in_antarctica_rising</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As part of its mission to validate the data ESA&rsquo;s CryoSat satellite delivers, a team of scientists recently took some field measurements in the blue ice region in the Dronning Maud Land in East Antarctica. What the team found is that the elevation of this vast region close to the coast of Antarctica &ndash; which consists of polished blue ice devoid of snow &ndash; has been slowly increasing.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:52:49 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Surface Lake in Antarctica Offers Clues to Ancient Life on Earth]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/surface_lake_in_antarctica_offers_clues_to_ancient_life_on_earth</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Stromatolites in the largest surface lake in Antarctica&nbsp;could help scientists better understand the conditions in which primitive life forms on Earth once thrived.&nbsp;A team of researchers was surprised to find stromatolites (structures that form in shallow water when the biofilms of microorganisms trap and cement grains of sediment and build layer upon layer over time) formed by photosynthetic cyanobacteria in Lake Untersee in the Dronning Maud Land in East Antarctica.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:44:35 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ice Shelves in West Antarctica Being Torn Apart]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/ice_shelves_in_west_antarctica_being_torn_apart</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A study published in the Journal of Glaciology indicates that the ice shelves of West Antarctica are being &ldquo;torn apart&rdquo; as the flow of the glaciers which feed into the ice shelves has been accelerating.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:36:21 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2012 Winter Maximum]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/arctic_sea_ice_reaches_2012_winter_maximum</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sea ice in the Arctic reached its maximum extent for the winter of 2011-2012 on 18 March, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Total extent reached 15.24 million km2, the ninth lowest maximum sea ice extent on record.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:27:19 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Penguin Breeding Cycles and Populations Affected by Warming along Antarctic Peninsula]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/penguin_breeding_cycles_and_populations_affected_by_warming_along_antarctic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rising temperatures along the western Antarctic Peninsula are affecting three different species of penguin that share the same breeding grounds in the region, according to research conducted by Prof. Heather Lynch and her colleagues at the Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. Warming conditions have led to the growth of gentoo penguin populations and the decline in Ad&eacute;lie and chinstrap penguin populations along the Antarctic Peninsula.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:33:14 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Climate Changes Poses Risk to Antarctic Fur Seal Pups]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A study published in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology has found that changing weather conditions predicted by climate models  might affect the metabolic rates and thus the survival rates of fur seal pups. Windier and wetter  conditions predicted in the Antarctic in the coming years could force  young seals to devote more energy to thermoregualtion, which may leave  less energy available for growth and development.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:16:26 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Marine Mammals Face Increased Risk from Arctic Shipping, Say WCS and Alaska Native Groups]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/marine_mammals_face_risk_from_arctic_shipping_say_wcs_and_alaska_natives</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to conclusions from a workshop involving Alaska Native groups and the Wildlife Conservation Society, a rapid increase in shipping in the Arctic significantly increases risk posed to marine mammals and the local communities that rely on them. The workshop, held in Anchorage, Alaska 12-14 March, looked at potential impacts on wildlife and highlighted priorities for managing shipping in the Arctic.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:09:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NASA’s Operation IceBridge 2012 Arctic Season Underway]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/nasas_operation_icebridge_2012_arctic_season_underway</link>
			<description><![CDATA[NASA&rsquo;s Operation IceBridge to measure sea and land ice at the Poles began its mission for the 2012 Arctic season on 13 March. From now until May, a modified P-3 aircraft will fly daily missions out of Thule and Kangerlussaq in Greenland and will also make a trip to Fairbanks, Alaska to take measurements.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:31:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study Indicates Greenland Ice Sheet Could Melt Completely with 1.6°C of Warming]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/study_indicates_greenland_ice_sheet_could_melt_completely_with_1.6c_of_warm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Researchers from the Potsdam Institute of for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid suggest that the Greenland Ice Sheet might be more vulnerable to climate warming that previously believed.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:08:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sea Ice Extent Low in Barents Sea and High in Bering Sea, according to NSIDC]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Continuing the trend from January 2012, Arctic sea ice extent was low on the Atlantic side of the Arctic and high on the Pacific side during February 2012, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado. Temperatures in the Barents, Laptev and Kara Seas in particular were 4 to 8&deg;C higher than normal, and sea ice cover in the Barents Sea was the lowest on satellite record to date. In contrast, sea ice extent in the Bering Sea on the Pacific side was the second highest on satellite record, with temperatures 3 to 5&deg;C below average.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:01:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vast Antarctic Algal Bloom Can Be Seen from Space]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/vast_antarctic_algal_bloom_can_be_seen_from_space</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A massive algal bloom which has appeared off the coast of Mac  Robertson Land in Antarctica is so large it is clearly visible to NASA&rsquo;s  Modis satellite.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:32:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Understanding Longevity of Baydjarakh in Arctic Permafrost]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/understanding_longevity_of_baydjarakh_in_arctic_permafrost</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Polygonal peat plateaus known as baydjarakh, which form through the  partial degradation of permafrost, have been stable features of the  landscape in Arctic coastal areas for as long as hundreds of thousands  of years.&nbsp; However understanding the mechanisms behind their continued longevity, especially as the climate warms, has remained a mystery.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:43:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Multi-Year Sea Ice Loss in Arctic Leading to Increase in Mercury Pollution]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/multi_year_sea_ice_loss_in_arctic_leading_to_increase_in_mercury_pollution</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A recent NASA-led study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres has shown that declining multi-year sea ice cover in the Arctic over the past few decades has been intensifying a chemical reaction that ultimately results in greater deposits of toxic mercury in the Arctic.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:46:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NASA Study Finds Old Arctic Ice Vanishing Rapidly]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A new NASA study has found that the oldest and thickest ice in the Arctic appears to be vanishing faster than the younger and thinner ice at the edges of the ice cap covering the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:25:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Salty Antarctic Soils Suck Moisture from Atmosphere]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/salty_antarctic_soils_suck_moisture_from_atmosphere</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Salty soils in the McMurdo Dry Valleys region of Antarctica suck moisture out of the atmosphere, according to research led by Oregon State University geologist Joseph Levy.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:45:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dwindling Sea Ice in Arctic Contributes to Snowy Winters in Northern Hemisphere]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/dwindling_sea_ice_in_arctic_contributes_to_snowy_winters_in_northern_hemisp</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A study conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Columbia University provides further evidence of a link between melting sea ice in the Arctic and outbreaks of cold, snowy weather in the Northern Hemisphere.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:30:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Life in Arctic Waters Persists Even in Winter]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/life_in_arctic_waters_persists_even_in_winter</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to preliminary results from research funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), life in the icy waters off the Alaskan coast does not stop completely in winter for microscopic organisms at the base of the food chain, despite cold and dark conditions. This research is particularly interesting as little is known about the biological and physiological processes in the Arctic during winter.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:11:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Scientists Revive 32,000 Year-Old Flower Buried in Permafrost]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/scientists_revive_32000_year_old_flower_buried_in_permafrost</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A team of Russian scientists has been able to revive an extinct species of flowering plant using tissue derived from a nearly 32,000 year-old fruit found buried in the permafrost of northeastern Siberia. The regenerated plant is the oldest grown from preserved plant tissue.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:48:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Russians Reach Subglacial Lake Vostok]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/russians_reach_subglacial_lake_vostok</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 5 February 2012, a Russian drilling team was able to penetrate the surface of Lake Vostok, the largest subglacial lake in Antarctica (250 km long and 30 km wide), which began to be covered by ice between 15 and 34 million years ago. Having not had contact with the atmosphere for millions of years, scientists see the subglacial lake as one of the final frontiers to explore on Earth, given hat ti may contain life which has evolved in a unique environment.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:33:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Moving Teardrop-Shaped Lakes Discovered on George VI Ice Shelf]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/moving_teardrop_shaped_lakes_discovered_on_george_vi_ice_shelf</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Researhcers from the University of Chicago have been keeping an eye on teardrop-shaped lakes on top of the George VI Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula, which travel as much as 1.5 metres a day &ndash; but in a very unusual manner.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:46:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arctic Summer Sea Ice Extent Affects Winters in Central Europe]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/arctic_summer_sea_ice_extent_affects_winters_in_central_europe</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Scientists from the Research Unit Potsdam at the Alfred Wengener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have been able to connect reduced summer sea ice extent in the Arctic with colder and snowier winters in Central Europe in a study published in the journal Tellus A.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:35:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Russian Drill Team Close to Penetrating Lake Vostok]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/russian_drill_team_close_to_penetrating_lake_vostok</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A Russian drilling team is close to penetrating subglacial Lake Vostok, located more than three and a half kilometers deep in the Antarctic Ice Sheet, not far from the Russian Vostok Station at the Magnetic South Pole. After two decades of drilling through several kilometres of ice, the team is only 50 metres away from penetrating the lake.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:19:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Glacier Retreat in Greenland Not Completely Irreversible, According to Study]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/glacier_retreat_in_greenland_not_completely_irreversible_according_to_study</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Climate warming and short-term climate variability have pushed a number of massive glaciers in Greenland towards retreat, which has some scientists concerned that the retreat may be irreversible once it has begun. However research published in Geophysical Research Letters suggests that Greenland glaciers&rsquo; rapid ice loss may not be an entirely irreversible phenomenon.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:12:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found off Antarctic Coast]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/antibiotic_resistant_bacteria_found_off_antarctic_coast</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to a study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology that was conducted by Jorge Hern&aacute;ndez, Bj&ouml;rn Olsen and their colleagues from Uppsala University in Sweden, bacteria that are resistant to nearly all kinds of antibiotics are present in seawater off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The fact that the bacteria can be found in Antarctica is an indication of how extensive the problem of drug-resistant bacteria has become, said Olsen.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:48:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study Indicates Low Temperatures Encourage Ozone Degradation in the Arctic]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/study_indicates_low_temperatures_encourage_ozone_degradation_in_the_arctic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to research conducted by scientists from the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany, unusually low temperatures in the stratosphere above the Arctic during the winter of 2010-2011 caused the largest destruction of the ozone layer above the Arctic ever witnessed so far. The researchers studied the mechanisms behind this depletion, and their findings have bene published in Geophysical Research Letters.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:36:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gathering Pool of Arctic Freshwater Could Cool Europe]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/gathering_pool_of_arctic_freshwater_could_cool_europe</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to scientists from University College London and Britain&rsquo;s National Oceanography Centre, a large pool of freshwater in the Arctic Ocean is growing larger, and could eventually cause the mild ocean current coming from the Gulf Stream to slow down, causing the climate in Europe to cool.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:19:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Engineering Team for Lake Ellsworth Drilling Project Completes Deep-Field Expedition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/engineering_team_for_lake_ellsworth_drilling_project_completes_deep_field_e</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Four engineers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have returned to the UK after completing a journey to one of the harshest parts of Antarctica to put in place equipment and supplies for the Lake Ellsworth Subglacial Lake drilling project, which will explore an ancient lake buried 3 km deep in the Antarctic Ice Sheet.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:42:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong Earthquakes Hit Antarctica]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/strong_earthquakes_hit_antarctica</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A strong earthquake and two strong aftershocks struck the South Orkney Islands in Antarctica northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula on Sunday 15 January, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:36:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rare Albino-Like Penguin Spotted in Antarctica]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/rare_albino_like_penguin_spotted_in_antarctica</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tourists on a National Geographic Journey to Antarctica cruise discovered a rare chinstrap penguin with white and light-brown colouration while passing through the South Shetland Islands.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:21:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Warmer Summers Causing Colder Winters in Northern Hemisphere, Study Suggests]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/warmer_summers_causing_colder_winters_in_northern_hemisphere_study_suggests</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to research recently published in Environmental Research Letters, increasingly warmer summers can lead to colder winters in certain locations in the Northern Hemisphere. The strongest winter cooling trends have been observed in southern Canada, the eastern United States, and northern Eurasia. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts and the University of Alaska Fairbanks believe these cannot be entirely explained by natural climate variability.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:26:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CHINARE 28 Completes Kunlun Station’s First Antarctic Survey Telescope]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/chinare_28_completes_kunlun_stations_first_antarctic_survey_telescope</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The 28th Chinese Antarctic Expedition (CHINARE 28) has recently completed the primary mirror on Kunlun Station&rsquo;s first self-developed Chinese Antarctic Survey Telescope (AST3). The team has also started the commissioning phase for the optical, mechanical and electrical control system.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:33:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Antarctic Marine Environment Found to Have High Levels of Mercury]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/antarctic_marine_environment_found_to_have_high_levels_of_mercury</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Seabirds in the Southern Ocean have mercury levels four times that of seabirds found elsewhere on the planet, according to research conducted by a team of French and Australian oceanographers led by Daniel Cossa from the French Institute of Recherche for the Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER).]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:30:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Increasing Levels of Greenhouse Gasses Disrupting Glaciation Patterns]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/increasing_levels_of_greenhouse_gasses_disrupting_glaciation_patterns</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to a study conducted by researchers from University College London, the Unviersity of Cambridge and the University of Florida and published in Nature Geoscience, unprecented levels of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere are disrupting the Earth&rsquo;s normal patterns of glaciation and may delay the onset of the next ice age by tens of thousands of years.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:15:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Diminishing Sea Ice Having Impact on Seal Pup Populations]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/diminishing_sea_ice_having_impact_on_seal_pup_populations</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thinning sea ice cover in the North Atlantic is diminishing harp seal breeding grounds and having an impact on the survival rate of seal pups, according to a study published in the online journal PLoS ONE.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:03:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[January 2012 NSIDC Sea Ice Update]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/january_2012_nsidc_sea_ice_update</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) released its update on sea ice conditions in the Arctic and Antarctic.&nbsp; A summary follows:]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:56:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beaufort Sea Freshening from Russian River Runoff]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/beaufort_sea_freshening_from_russian_river_runoff</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Beaufort Sea has been becoming fresher recently due to changes in the Arctic Oscillation, causing runoff from Russia&rsquo;s major rivers to be channeled in the direction of the Western Canadian Arctic.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:57:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Unique New Species Discovered around Antarctic Hydrothermal Vents]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/unique_new_species_discovered_around_antarctic_hydrothermal_vents</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Several species new to science have been discovered inhabiting areas around deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor along the East Scotia Ridge between the southern tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula. While hydrothermal vents have been studied in other parts of the world&rsquo;s oceans, this is the first time hydrothermal vents in Antarctica have been investigated.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:40:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Floating Arctic University in the Making]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/floating_arctic_university_in_the_making</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Northern Russian port city of Arkhangelsk will host a &ldquo;floating university&rdquo; for Arctic research and staff training. A joint project between the Arctic Federal University (NArFU) and the Arctic Hydro-Meteorological Service, lectures and courses will be held aboard the Professor Molchanov research vessel as it conducts research in Arctic waters.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:35:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Zealanders Measuring Movement of Magnetic South Pole]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/new_zealanders_measuring_movement_of_magnetic_south_pole</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two research scientists from New Zealand, Stewart Bennie and Tony Hurst of GNS Science, are currently on an expedition in Antarctica to take measurements of the Magnetic South Pole.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:30:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CryoSat-2 Monitoring Oceans Now, Too]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/cryosat_2_monitoring_oceans</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to the European Space Agency, its CryoSat-2 satellite will soon be used to monitor sea conditions for marine forecasting. The satellite was launched in April 2010 to measure variations in land and sea ice thickness in the Polar Regions, and the satellite has delivered.&nbsp; However while the satellite&rsquo;s orbit takes it over the vast expanses of oceans in between the poles, the satellite can also be used to improve marine forecasting.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:37:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Investigating Adaptation of Antarctic Worms to Warming Oceans]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/investigating_adaptation_of_antarctic_worms_to_warming_oceans</link>
			<description><![CDATA[University of Delaware researchers are currently studying how tiny worms living in the freezing sea off the coast of Antarctica have adapted to such an extreme environment as well as how they might survive as the ocean worms. Adam Marsh and colleagues from the University of Delaware&rsquo;s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment will compare the temperature adaptation process of the polar worm Capitella perarmata with that of a similar species, Capitella telata, which lives in more temperate waters.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:41:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Herbivorous Dinosaur Remains Discovered in Antarctica]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/new_herbivorous_dinosaur_remains_discovered_in_antarctica</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With their recent discovery of advanced titanosaur remains in Antarctica, Dr. Ignacio Alejandro Cerda and his colleagues from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient&iacute;ficas y T&eacute;cnicas (CONICET) in Buenos Aires, Argentina have been able to show that this particular variety of dinosaurs were able to achieve global distribution by at least the Late Cretaceous (99.6 &ndash; 65.5 million years ago).]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:12:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bedrock Map Reveals Antarctic Topography]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/bedrock_map_reveals_antarctic_topography</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A new comprehensive digital map of Antarctica&rsquo;s bedrock topography called BEDMAP2 has been produced by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) using data compiled from an international team of researchers. The map was produced using over 27 million points of data acquired by planes, satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds over the course of several decades.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:21:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Greenland Bedrock Rose Faster after Anomalous Ice Loss]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/greenland_bedrock_rose_faster_after_anomalous_ice_loss</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The unusually warm melting season in 2010 led to a spike in ice loss from the southern part of the Greenland Ice Sheet of about 100 billion tons, according to research conducted by Michael Bevis, professor in the School of Earth Sciences at Ohio State University, and colleagues. This spike in ice loss has resulted in a bedrock uplift of about 20 mm in some areas over the course of the five warmest months in 2010. Dr. Bevis presented his findings at the 2011 American Geophysical Union meeting.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:36:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[International Team of Scientists Validates ESA’s CryoSat Data in Antarctica]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/international_team_of_scientists_validates_esas_cryosat_data_in_antarctica</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An international team of Australian and German scientists has concluded the first leg of a major in-situ measurement campaign to validate data from the European Space Agency&rsquo;s CryoSat mission. The campaign focused on the region around Law Dome and Totten Glacier in East Antarctica, both ideal locations to collect validation data.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:28:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Antarctic Melting Linked to Tropical Ocean Temperatures]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/antarctic_melting_linked_to_tropical_ocean_temperatures</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to recent research by Professor Erik Steig from the University of Washington, the accelerated melting of the Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers in West Antarctica could be caused by a rise in sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:17:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Scientist from BBC&#8217;s Frozen Planet Investigating Pine Island Glacier Contribution to Sea Level Rise]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/bbc_frozen_planet_scientist_investigates_how_worlds_largest_glacier_to_cont</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This week, a team of two scientists and two support staff from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) left Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula for their remote field site on Pine Island Glacier in Western Antarctica to study how the glacier loses ice and its possible contribution future sea level rise.&nbsp; The team includes BAS glaciologist Dr Andy Smith, who appeared on the BBC series Frozen Planet.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:45:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Inferring Past Krill Populations from Antarctic Fur Seal Hairs]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/inferring_past_krill_populations_from_antarctic_fur_seal_hairs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A team of scientists from the University of Science and Technology of  China (USTC), Utah State University, the Institute of Oceanology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Brooklyn College have inferred changes in krill numbers by analyzing the  shift in a stable Nitrogen-15 isotope (&delta;15N) marker found in Antarctic  fur seal hairs. The study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, suggests  that the plummeting krill population over the past century could be the  result of recent rapid regional (RRR) warming and sea ice receding.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:31:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Plummeting CO2 Levels Led to Formation of Antarctic Ice Sheet, Study Shows]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/plummeting_co2_levels_led_to_formation_of_antarctic_ice_sheet_study_shows</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to a paper recently published in the journal Science, a roughly 40% drop in CO2 levels triggered to the formation of Antarctica&rsquo;s ice sheet approximately 34 million years ago. A team of scientists from Yale and Purdue Universities identified 600 parts of per million of CO2 in the Earth&rsquo;s atmosphere as the threshold below which conditions allowed for the formation of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:16:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arctic Permafrost Has Potential to Release More Carbon than Previously Estimated]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/arctic_permafrost_holds_more_carbon_than_previously_estimated</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A study looking at survey results from 41 international scientists recently published in the journal Nature suggests that the levels of greenhouse gases to be released from thawing permafrost could be significantly higher than previously estimated.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:15:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Climate Change Stunting Growth of 100-Year-Old Moss Shoots in Antarctica]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/climate_change_stunting_growth_of_100_year_old_moss_shoots_in_antarctica</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In a paper to be published in January in the journal Global Change Biology, a team of scientists from the University of Wollongong&nbsp;(UOW) in conjunction with nuclear scientists from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization&nbsp;(ANSTO) suggests that&nbsp;mosses, the dominant plants in Antarctica, have been affected by current climate change. Until now, measuring the growth of the moss beds that grow between December and February in ice-free Antarctic coastal areas was almost impossible, making it difficult to assess how the changing climate is affecting the plants.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:42:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Current Arctic Sea Ice Loss Unprecedented for past 1,500 Years]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/current_arctic_sea_ice_loss_unprecedented_for_past_1500_years</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Scientists at Natural Resources Canada have reported in a study published in Nature&nbsp;that recent dramatic Arctic sea ice loss is greater than any natural variation in the past 1,500 years. The loss has been driven by a series of factors that never coincided in historical periods of major sea ice loss, according to Christophe Kinnard, lead author of the new report.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:20:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Origins of Gamburtsev Sublacial Mountains Explained]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/origins_of_gamburtsev_sublacial_mountains_explained</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An international team of scientists from seven nations recently published in Nature their findings regarding the origins of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, located 3 km beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. How the mountains formed is a mystery that has interested scientists since they were first discovered in 1958 as they are high, located in the middle of an ancient craton, yet have a youthful appearance for mountains.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:36:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Treeline in Alaska seeing Faster-Growing Tree Species in a Warming Climate]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/treeline_in_alaska_seeing_faster_growing_tree_species_in_a_warming_climate</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A study recently published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, found that some white spruce trees in the far north of Alaska have experienced a growth spurt over the course of the past century, particularly since 1950. The study covers 1,000 years of climate history and suggests that ecosystems in the far North could have a role to play in regulating the balance of planet-warming carbon dioxide that remains in the air.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:09:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Colossal Storm Hits Alaska]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/colossal_storm_hits_alaska</link>
			<description><![CDATA[During the second week of November, a major storm that meteorologists refer to as an &ldquo;extra tropical cyclone&rdquo; hit Alaska&rsquo;s western coastline, pounding the region with heavy snow and unusually strong winds. The storm displaced thousands of coastal residents and left behind widespread damage, including flooding, power outages and destroyed roofs.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:42:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Improving Our Understanding of Ice Formation in Arctic Clouds]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/improving_our_understanding_of_ice_formation_in_arctic_clouds</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It is quite common to find shallow, persistent cloud layers made from a mixture of both liquid water droplets and ice crystals in the Arctic. In cloud tops warmer than -38&deg;C, aerosols that freeze at warmer temperatures, known as ice nuclei, are needed for ice crystals to form.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:53:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Studying How Microbes in Permafrost Respond to Thawing]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/studying_how_microbes_in_permafrost_respond_to_thawing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Recent assessments estimate that Arctic permafrost stores as much as 1,672 billion metric tons of carbon &ndash; 250 times what the United States emitted in greenhouse gasses in 2009. As temperatures rise, scientists worldwide are concerned about the possible consequences of a massive release of carbon from the soils thawing permafrost into the atmosphere might have on the carbon cycle. They believe microbes living in the soil might have the largest impact.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:02:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[IceBridge Project Finds Major Crack in Pine Island Glacier]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/icebridge_project_finds_major_crack_in_pine_island_glacier</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A team of scientists participating in NASA's IceBridge mission were flying over a portion of West Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier on October 14th when they discovered a 29 km crack across the glacier&rsquo;s tongue. The 80-metre wide crack is the first step in the creation of a massive new 800 km&sup2;&nbsp; iceberg when it eventually calves from the glacier.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:55:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Underwater Ridge Key to Better Understanding Thwaites Glacier Flow]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/underwater_ridge_key_to_better_understanding_thwaites_glacier_flow</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to a new study in Geophysical Research Letters, the retreat of the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is likely to accelerate within the next two decades. Due to its potential to contribute to sea level rise, the Thwaites Glacier is being closely monitored, along with the Getz Ice Shelf and neighbouring glaciers in the Amundsen Sea region such as the Pine Island Glacier.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:13:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reindeer’s Cooling Strategy Examined]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/reindeers_cooling_strategy_examined</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Reindeer fur keeps the animals well protected from the freezing Arctic temperatures. However what&rsquo;s puzzled scientists has been how reindeer manage to keep cool during sustained physical activity. A team from the University of Troms&oslash; in Norway determined reindeer&rsquo;s strategies to keep cool in a study published in The Journal of Experimental Biology.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:26:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Greenland Mud Volcanoes Possible Birthplace of Terrestrial Life]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/greenland_mud_volcanoes_possible_birthplace_of_terrestrial_life</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international team of scientists lead by by researchers from the Laboratoire de G&eacute;ologie de Lyon identified the mud volcanoes at Isua in southwest Greenland as a possible source of primitive life on Earth. During the Archaen eon, between 4 and 2.5 billion years ago, these volcanoes are thought to have provided the building blocks for the formation of the first biomolecules and ideal conditions for the formation of life. It is the first time that an environment meeting all the requirements needed for life to emerge has been identified in 3.8 billion year-old rock formations.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:19:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Greenland Ice Sheet Sees Extreme Melting Despite Less than Record Temperatures]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/greenland_ice_sheet_sees_extreme_melting_despite_less_than_record_temperatu</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In their preliminary results posted online, a team from the Cryospheric Processes Laboratory at the City College of New York (CCNY) led by Dr. Marco Tedesco explains how the Greenland Ice Sheet can experience extreme melting even when temperatures do not reach record highs.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:11:40 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lessons from the Arctic for Drilling Ice Cores in the Antarctic]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/lessons_from_the_arctic_for_drilling_ice_cores_in_the_antarctic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Glaciologists from the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) have recently returned from visiting the North Greeland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) project, which is extracting ice cores from the Greenland Ice Sheet, to learn a few things that might help them with drilling they plan to undertake on the Antarctic Ice Sheet in the coming years.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:19:10 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NASA-led Study Shows Unprecedented Ozone Depletion in Arctic]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/nasa_led_study_shows_unprecedented_ozone_depletion_in_arctic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An international study led by NASA recently published in Nature indicates an unprecedented depletion in the ozone layer over the Arctic occurred last winter and spring. Scientists say the cause of the depletion appears to have been an unusually long period of extremely low temperatures in the stratosphere.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:09:58 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Half of Canadian Ice Shelves Lost in Last Six Years]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/half_of_canadian_ice_shelves_lost_in_last_six_years</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A study conducted by Derek Mueller from Carleton University and Luke Copland from the University of Ottawa shows that Canada has been losing its ice shelves at un unprecdented rate; 50% have been lost over the past six years.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:51:20 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Model Allows Scientists to Make Better Seasonal Arctic Sea Ice Forecasts]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/new_model_allows_scientists_to_make_better_seasonal_arctic_sea_ice_forecast</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A study published in Geophysical Research Letters suggests that while accurate predictions for the extent of Arctic sea ice can be derived from the conditions of the previous autumn, longer-term predictions require a better understanding of the impact of climate trends on the sea ice. Current conditions may be an important key to understanding the ice's response to the weather, but in the long run, climate trends become the main influence on sea ice conditions.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:22:17 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Minimal Arctic Sea Ice Extent only Second to 2007 Record, NSIDC Says]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/minimal_arctic_sea_ice_extent_only_second_to_2007_record_nsidc_says</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The sea ice cover over the Arctic Ocean might have reached its lowest extent for the year, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado said in a September 15th media release. This year's sea minimal sea ice extent covered only 4.33 million km&sup2; on September 9th, which was low enough to become the second lowest extent since the beginning of satellite monitoring in 1979, after the record set in September 2007.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:28:34 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arctic Sea Ice Hits New Historic Low]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/arctic_sea_ice_hits_new_historic_low</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Arctic Sea Ice extent has reached another historic low, the University of Bremen's Institute of Physical Analysis reported in a news release.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:05:22 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pole-to-pole Flights Provide First Global Picture of Greenhouse Gases]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/pole_to_pole_flights_provide_first_global_picture_of_greenhouse_gases</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After three years of research, a far-reaching project known as HIPPO allowed researchers to generate the first detailed 3D mapping of the global distribution of gases and particles that affect Earth&rsquo;s climate. Using a specially designed aircraft to fly to different parts of the globe, the scientists were able to compile a wealth of data about the atmosphere. They studied air samples at different latitudes over several seasons from altitudes between 150 metres and 13,750 metres, up into the lower stratosphere.&nbsp; The team was able to measure 80 different types of gasses and particles in the atmosphere.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:01:18 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Permafrost May Become Major Carbon Source by End of Century]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/permafrost_may_become_major_carbon_source_by_end_of_century</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Soils at high latitudes might turn from a carbon sink into a major carbon source by the end of the 21st century, according to a recently developed model.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:21:11 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Map of Antarctic Glacier Flow]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/new_map_of_antarctic_glacier_flow</link>
			<description><![CDATA[University of California Irvine scientists have charted a vast network of previously unmapped glaciers and their velocities from inland to the Antarctic coast, giving a much broader and informed picture of glacier flow across the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:19:16 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mittivakkat Glacier in Greenland Melting Faster than Expected]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/mittivakkat_glacier_in_greenland_melting_faster_than_expected</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A new study conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Sheffield, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Aarhus University shows that Greenland&rsquo;s longest-observed glacier, the Mittivakkat Glacier, is losing mass faster than previously expected. The team found that the glacier has had record mass losses in 2010 and 2011, with 2011 as a record-breaking ice loss year.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:05:13 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Using Ethane to Track Atmospheric Methane Levels]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/using_ethane_to_track_atmospheric_methane_levels</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Research conducted in Greenland and Antarctica and published in the journal Nature suggests a common cause between between the decline of atmospheric methane (CH4) and atmospheric ethane (C2H6)at the end of the 20th century. Scientists involved in the study believe the drop in fossil-fuel sources is likely related to changes in light hydrocarbon emissions associated with petroleum production and use.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:33:16 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Studying Pacific Walruses as They Cope with Diminishing Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/studying_pacific_walruses_as_they_cope_with_diminishing_arctic_sea_ice</link>
			<description><![CDATA[USGS Alaska Science Center researchers have been attaching satellite radio tags to walruses on the Northwestern Alaska Coast as part of their study into how the species is coping with reduced sea ice conditions.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:58:50 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Calving Events in Antarctica Linked to Tōhoku Tsunami]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/calving_events_in_antarctica_linked_to_thoku_tsunami</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A group of scientists from NASA&rsquo;s Goddard Space flight Center, Northwestern University and the University of Chicago have been able to link the Tōhoku Earthquake in March 2011 and subsequent tsunami it generated to the calving of icebergs off of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf in Antarctica.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:20:51 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Melting Arctic Sea Ice to Pause and Possibly Expand in Coming Decades]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/melting_arctic_sea_ice_to_pause_and_possibly_expand_in_coming_decades</link>
			<description><![CDATA[New research recently published in the Geophysical Research Letters suggests that even as Arctic sea ice extent is predicted to continue to decline as the planet warms over the long term, it could temporarily stabilize and even slightly expand in the coming decades. A team of researchers of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) made the surprising discovery while conducting a series of computer simulations.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:53:03 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Using Driftwood to Retrace 10,000 Years of Arctic Sea Ice History]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/using_driftwood_to_retrace_10000_years_of_arctic_sea_ice_history</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Scientists from the Centre for Geogenetics at the University of Copenhagen have recently designed a method to measure the variations in the ice ten millennia back in time using carbon-14 dating of driftwood. Published in the journal Science, the findings of their research indicate that over the past 10,000 years, summer sea ice in the Arctic has known many variations; at times it was less than half of its current extent.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:09:04 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Past Glacial Melting Can Provide Insight into Concerns about Antarctica]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/past_glacial_melting_can_provide_insight_into_concerns_about_antarctica</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An analysis of Heinrich Events &ndash; which were periodic events that occurred every 7,000 years or so during the last glacial period and included massive discharges of icebergs into the North Atlantic Ocean &ndash; suggests that even minimal subsurface warming of the ocean can result in a rapid collapse of ice shelves.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:53:36 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study of Anaktuvuk River Fire Highlights Major Impacts of Tundra Fires on Carbon Storage]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/study_of_anaktuvuk_river_fire_highlights_major_impacts_of_tundra_fires_on_c</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2007, the Anaktuvuk River Fire in Alaska &ndash; the largest ever recorded tundra fire in the Arctic &ndash; burned 1039 km&sup2; and released over 2.3 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere. A study of the region affected by the fire conducted by resarchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and published in the journal Nature shows how quickly a single tundra fire can offset or reverse a half-century&rsquo;s worth of carbon storage in the soil.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:41:34 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arctic Ice Releasing Stored Persistant Organic Pollutants as Climate Warms]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/arctic_ice_releasing_stored_pollutants_as_climate_warms</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A new study, recently published in Nature Climate Change, suggests that climate change is spurring levels of a wide range of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as PCBs and DDT in the atmosphere. The POPs, the scientists say, have been increasingly released into the Arctic atmosphere since the early 1990s. According to the study, the POPs that were previously stored in water, snow, and ice are being released to the atmosphere as melting progresses.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:49:06 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Greenland Ice Seems to Have Contributed Less to Sea Level Rise during Last Interglacial]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/greenland_ice_seems_to_have_contributed_less_to_sea_level_rise_during_last</link>
			<description><![CDATA[During the last prolonged warm period seen on Earth (the Eemian&nbsp; - 130,000 - 114,000 years ago, approximately), the oceans were between 4 and 6.5 meters higher than their current levels, and the extra water must have come from ice covering  Greenland and Antarctica.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:33:41 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Researchers Present High Resolution Ice Loss Maps in Following Effects of Antarctic Ice Shelf Collap]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/researchers_present_high_resolution_ice_loss_maps_in_following_effects_of_a</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Compiling data from various sources, an international team of scientists was able to provide the clearest image thus far of the quantity of ice lost to the ocean following the collapse of ice shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula. In the Journal of Glaciology, the team details the recent ice losses while promising to refine future predictions of possible further ice loss and sea level rise from ongoing changes along the Antarctic Peninsula.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:22:57 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ability to Change Diet Helped Gray Whales Get through Ice Ages]]></title>
			<link>http://www.sciencepoles.org/news/news_detail/ability_to_change_diet_helped_gray_whales_get_through_ice_ages</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Pacific gray whales may have been able to survive throughout multiple ice ages over millions of years thanks to a diversified diet, scientists explained in a study published in the online journal PLoS ONE.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:15:44 +0200</pubDate>
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