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Gov't faces weekend deadline on polar bear rule
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A decision involving the iconic polar bear could determine whether protecting endangered species might also help save the earth from global warming.
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Mercury levels in Arctic seals may be linked to global warming
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Researchers in Canada are reporting for the first time that high mercury levels in certain Arctic seals appear to be linked to vanishing sea ice caused by global warming. Their study, a new insight into the ...
Environmentalists plan suit to protect ice seals
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- An environmental group says it will sue the federal government to force a decision on additional protections for Arctic seals.
Feds designate polar bear habitat in Alaska
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Obama administration said Thursday it is designating more than 200,000 square miles in Alaska and off its coast as "critical habitat" for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to ...
Black wolves: The first genetically modified predators?
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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Emergence of black-colored wolves is the direct result of humans raising dogs as pets and beasts of burden, according to new research by a University of Calgary biologist published today by the prestigious ...
International experts collect alpine fungi in Beartooth Mountains of Montana
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Sep 08, 2008 |
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Armed guards once kept polar bears away while Cathy Cripps collected mushrooms and fungi on the island of Svalbard between Norway and the North Pole. Another time, Cripps encountered musk-oxen while gathering fungi in Greenland.
Scientists want polar bear protection
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Jun 20, 2006 |
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A U.S. climate researcher is leading a team of 30 North American and European scientists in urging the polar bear be listed as a threatened species.
Arctic marine mammals on thin ice
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Apr 23, 2008 |
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The loss of sea ice due to climate change could spell disaster for polar bears and other Arctic marine mammals. The April Special Issue of Ecological Applications examines such potential effects, puts them in historical ...
Next 50 years may be last for polar bears
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Sep 09, 2007 |
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Shrinking sea ice will eliminate nearly all of the world's polar bear population in the next 50 years, U.S. government scientists predict.
Arctic climate models playing key role in polar bear decision
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Mar 11, 2008 |
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The pending federal decision about whether to protect the polar bear as a threatened species is as much about climate science as it is about climate change.
Researchers find high numbers of heat-loving bacteria in cold Arctic Ocean
Sep 17, 2009 |
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A team of scientists led by U of C grad Casey Hubert has detected high numbers of heat loving, or thermophilic, bacteria in subzero sediments in the Arctic Ocean off the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. The ...
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