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50th Anniversary of First Flight to Land at the South Pole
03.11.2006
Fifty years ago, on Oct. 31, 1956, at 8 34 p.m. local time, the first aircraft ever to touch down at the South Pole skied to a halt atop the Antarctic ice sheet. The commemoration of this event coincides with a newly launched webcam that will allow the worldwide public…
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Arctic Council: Ten Years of Cooperation for the Benefit of the North
02.11.2006
The annual Ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council, during which Russia handed over the chair to Norway, was held in October 26, 2006 in Salekhard(Russia). The Arctic Council is a forum for cooperation on the whole range of sustainable development issues, from economy and the environment to meeting the social…
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Stern Review Economic Costs of Climate Change Impacts including at the Poles
31.10.2006
The Stern Review (published 30 October 2006) styles itself as "the most comprehensive review ever carried out on the economics of climate change". It has assessed that the global costs of inaction on climate change could outweigh those of either of the 20th century’s world wars. The Independent Online gives…
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NASA: Greenland Ice Loss Far Greater than Gain
23.10.2006
For the first time NASA scientists have analyzed data from direct, detailed satellite measurements to show that ice losses now far surpass ice gains in the shrinking Greenland ice sheet. The study appeared in Science Express, the advance edition of Science, on 19 October.
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NASA and NOAA Announce Ozone Hole Is a Double Record Breaker
23.10.2006
Scientists from the US’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report that this year’s ozone hole in the polar region of the Southern Hemisphere has broken records for both area and depth.
