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2005 Decline in Arctic Sea Ice
04.04.2007
According to a new study undergone by NASA, the supply of thick Arctic sea ice declined over the year 2005. As a result the surface of the perennial sea-ice has shrunk. This finding confirms previous studies and could suggest a pattern on the long-run.
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Sea Ice Formation Another Piece of the Climate Change Puzzle
03.04.2007
As part of a research project on the St. George campus last summer, Geddes, an undergraduate science student, was analysing data supplied by a NASA satellite when he detected a previously unknown multi-year ice formation cycle in Antarctica's Cosmonaut Sea.
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SEDNA: a Close Look at Sea Ice Dynamics
03.04.2007
A team of scientists led by Jennifer Hutchings of the University of Alaska Fairbanks will spend two weeks at the U.S. Navy ice camp in the Beaufort Sea to study the relationship between ice movement, stress and the overall mass of sea ice. This field expedition is part of the…
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Loose Tooth Movements Tracked by Scientists
03.04.2007
Professor Richard Coleman, University of Tasmania, and his team have installed measuring devices to track movements of the "loose tooth", a 30 kilometre square chunk of shelf ice that's breaking away from the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
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New Automated Cameras to Monitor Adelie Penguins
03.04.2007
In the framework of its long-running Adelie penguins monitoring programme, the Australian Antarctic Division recently developed an automated camera, powered by solar panels, to monitor aspects of the Adelie penguin's breeding chronology and chick survival.
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A Warm Winter in the Arctic as Well
02.04.2007
Scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) concluded that unusual mild temperatures were preventing ice formation in the Arctic, specifically in the region around Spitsbergen.
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Improved Monitoring of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Needed to Evaluate Future Sea Level Rise
02.04.2007
Experts across a wide range of scientific disciplines from the United States and Europe met in Austin, Texas, to identify what should be done to reduce scientific uncertainty regarding the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) in regards to global sea level rise.
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Launch of Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)
02.04.2007
The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) aims to bring together young researchers and early career scientists and engineers with an interest in Polar Regions and the Cryosphere from around the world.
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NASA and Local Arctic Communities Collaborate during IPY
30.03.2007
Changes in Arctic climate have resulted in changes in snow cover and snow conditions. Observing and understanding snow changes are important both for scientists and for local reindeer herders who have to know and even predict snow conditions, because they indicate availability of forage and mobility for herding.
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Dust in Antarctic Ice Reveals Important Climate Clues
30.03.2007
Scientists from the Desert Research Institute in Nevada (USA) along with fellow colleagues examined the levels of atmospheric dust in an ice core obtained from James Ross Island at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They found a close correspondence between recent climate warming and increases in atmospheric dust.
