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Ghost alps of Antarctica are glimpsed after 14 million years
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Millions of years ago, rivers ran in Antarctica through craggy mountain valleys that were strangely similar to the European Alps of today, Chinese and British scientists reported on Wednesday.
Mars polar cap mystery solved
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are now able to better explain why Mars’s residual southern ice cap is misplaced, thanks to data from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft - the martian weather system is to blame. And ...
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Governor opposes polar bear protection
Nov 02, 2007 |
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Environmentalists say Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is skating on thin ice with her opposition to efforts to protect polar bears.
Arctic ice cap 'to disappear in future summers'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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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.
HiRISE Sees Signs of an Unearthly Spring on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New images from the HiRISE experiment detail patterns of dust carried by gas from beneath the seasonal ice cap.
Icy Promethei Planum
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Promethei Planum, an area seasonally covered with a more than 3500 m thick layer of ice in the martian south polar region, was the subject of the High Resolution Stereo Camera’s focus on 22 September 2005 ...
Martian Polar Layer Erosion Looks Striking
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An odd, solitary hill rising part-way down an eroding slope in Mars' north polar layered terrain may be the remnant of a buried impact crater, suggests a University of Arizona planetary scientist ...
NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 15, 2008 |
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New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.
Vast expanses of Arctic ice melt in summer heat
Aug 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles (square kilometers) of ice on Sunday in a relentless summer of melt, with scientists watching through satellite eyes for a possible ...
Ulysses scores a hat-trick
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Feb 07, 2007 |
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Today the joint ESA-NASA Ulysses mission has marked another high point in its mission. For the third time in a long and highly successful career, Ulysses has reached its maximum south solar latitude of 80 degrees ...
British team trek to North Pole to measure sea ice
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Mar 01, 2009 |
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Three British explorers have set out on a 90-day skiing expedition to the North Pole, measuring sea ice thickness the whole way to find out exactly how fast it is disappearing, according to the Catlin Arctic ...
Polar bears at risk from ice loss
Oct 14, 2005 |
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Survival of the remaining polar bears is increasingly jeopardized by rapid disappearance of the arctic sea ice, conservation groups say.
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