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Temperatures of sea water fringing South Pole were tropical 50 million years ago
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The temperature difference between equatorial and polar sea waters was minimal during the extremely warm 'Greenhouse world' 60 to 50 million years ago. This is the main conclusion drawn by ...
First comprehensive geological Arctic map published
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May 15, 2009 |
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Canada has unveiled the first comprehensive Arctic atlas, detailing geological features that point to where oil and gas, gold and diamond deposits are likely hidden beneath snow and ice.
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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.
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 ...
Study reveals how Arctic food webs affect mercury in polar bears
Dec 08, 2009 |
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With growing concerns about the effects of global warming on polar bears, it's increasingly important to understand how other environmental threats, such as mercury pollution, are affecting these magnificent Arctic animals.
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 ...
Goose eggs may help polar bears weather climate change
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Dec 15, 2008 |
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As polar bears adapt to a warming Arctic—a frozen seascape that cleaves earlier each spring—they may find relief in an unlikely source: snow goose eggs. New calculations show that changes in the timing of ...
Russia celebrates 50 years at Antarctic
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Dec 16, 2007 |
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Scientists and relatives of polar explorers Sunday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Russian polar station Vostok in the Antarctic.
On the trail of polar lows
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Dec 12, 2008 |
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This has made it possible to determine, for the first time, the frequency of such polar lows in the past.
New fish discovered in the Bellingshausen Sea
Mar 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The new species of Antarctic fish, Gosztonyia antarctica, has been discovered at a depth of 650 metres in the Bellingshausen Sea in the Antarctic Ocean, an area which has not been studied ...
Federal polar bear research critically flawed, says new study
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May 08, 2008 |
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Research done by the U.S. Department of the Interior to determine if global warming threatens the polar bear population is so flawed that it cannot be used to justify listing the polar bear as an endangered species, according ...
Study: Earth's polar ice sheets vulnerable to even moderate global warming
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Dec 16, 2009 |
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A new analysis of the geological record of the Earth's sea level, carried out by scientists at Princeton and Harvard universities and published in the Dec. 16 issue of Nature, employs a novel statistical approa ...
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