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People with rifle and a flare gun chase a polar bear in the village of Ny-Aalesund

Former coal mine aids Arctic climate research

May 08, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (7) | 0

Out of place in the snowy, polar landscape, the train that once hauled coal out of the mountain serves as a reminder to scientists at the Ny-Aalesund Arctic research station of the origin of the planet's woes.

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Arctic sea ice reaches minimum extent for 2009, third lowest ever recorded

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 17, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (8) | 1

The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the third-lowest recorded since satellites began measuring sea ice extent in 1979, according to the University of Colorado at Boulder's National ...

Space station gets new research module

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered a Russian research module to the International Space Station.

Arctic exploration finds large underwater mountain

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 10, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (5) | 0

(AP) -- Joint U.S.-Canada exploration of the Arctic sea floor discovered an unusual underwater mountain and evidence that could boost the two countries' claims that their boundaries extend farther north. For the past two ...

NOAA aircraft to probe arctic pollution

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Apr 07, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

NOAA scientists are now flying through springtime Arctic pollution to find out why the region is warming - and summertime sea ice is melting - faster than predicted. Some 35 NOAA researchers are gathering with government ...

Scientists prepare the Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM 2) "Poisk"

Rocket with new module for space station blasts off

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A Soyuz rocket carrying a new Russian-made module for the International Space Station blasted off on Tuesday from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan, television pictures showed.

Researchers Establish Common Seasonal Patterns Among Bacterial Communities in Arctic Rivers

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 24, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research on bacterial communities throughout six large Arctic river ecosystems reveals predictable temporal patterns, suggesting that scientists could use these communities as markers ...

On their trip, Pen Hadow (R) and Ann Daniels found the average thickness of the ice floes was 1.8 metres

Arctic ice cap 'to disappear in future summers'

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 15, 2009 | 2.7 / 5 (31) | 21

The Arctic ice cap will disappear completely in summer months within 20 to 30 years, a polar research team said as they presented findings from an expedition led by adventurer Pen Hadow.

NASA Invites Young People to Take Virtual Space Station Spacewalks

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine the thrill of floating out of the International Space Station and into the emptiness of space and what it would be like to work on the orbiting science laboratory.

By ice floe to the North Pole

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Jul 20, 2007 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

At the end of August, an unusual expedition under Russian leadership will leave for the Arctic Ocean.

Arctic at warmest levels in 2,000 years or more

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Sep 03, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (64) | 25

Arctic temperatures in the 1990s reached their warmest level of any decade in at least 2,000 years, new research indicates. The study, which incorporates geologic records and computer simulations, provides ...

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