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Climate change affects marine animals on Antarctica's seabed

A rapid increase in the frequency of icebergs pounding the shallow seafloor around the West Antarctic Peninsula — as a result of shrinking winter sea ice — has caused the life expectancy of a tiny ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Iceberg Scour Affects Biodiversity

Antarctic worms, sea spiders, urchins and other marine creatures living in near-shore shallow habitats are regularly pounded by icebergs. New data suggests this environment along the Antarctic Peninsula is ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 17, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Antarctic marine explorers reveal first biological changes after collapse of polar ice shelves

Once roofed by ice for millennia, a 10,000 square km portion of the Antarctic seabed represents a true frontier, one of Earth's most pristine marine ecosystems, made suddenly accessible to exploration by the ...

Biology /

created Feb 25, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (52) | comments 0

Satellite radar reveals ever-changing face of the ocean

Radar satellites such as ESA's Envisat and ERS-2 maintain constant watch on the Earth's surface, their signals able to cut through clouds, rain or darkness. This surveillance extends beyond the land to the ...

Space & Earth /

created Feb 01, 2006 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Seafloor Creatures Destroyed By Ice Action During Ice Ages

The ice ages made massive changes to the Earth's landscape. But what was happening below the ice in the oceans? Research by marine scientists reveals that it was a time of mass destruction as whole communities of animals ...

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created Oct 19, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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