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4/4/2007
A team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will visit the North Pole in April to tell the story of how science is done at the ends of the Earth. This will be the first of four such expeditions.
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4/3/2007
A new NASA study has found that in 2005 the Arctic replaced very little of the thick sea ice it normally loses and replenishes each year. Replenishment of this thick, perennial sea ice each year is essential to the maintenance and stability of the Arctic summer ice cover.
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4/2/2007
The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists brings together young researchers and early career scientists and engineers with an interest in Polar Regions.
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4/2/2007
Imagine trying to observe particles so small and scarce that a detector a cubic kilometer in area installed under the Antarctic ice sheet is needed. Scientists have not only imagined it, they are building it.
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3/30/2007
The Arctic covers one sixth of the earth's surface and spans 24 time zones. In stark contrast to the Antarctic, which has no indigenous population, the Arctic is home to roughly four million people—including over thirty different indigenous groups—who speak dozens of languages. The National Snow and Ice Data Center’s Web site features an interactive map that shows the places these Native peoples traditionally call home.
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3/29/2007
Criss-crossing Antartica in a tractor train, International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition reserachers have taken ice cores representative of the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution.
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3/29/2007
The Antarctic Treaty uniquely sets aside Antarctica as a continent for scientific research. The Antarctic Treaty Secretariat maintains the original Antarctic Treaty on its site as a downloadable file.
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3/28/2007
Two things that come to mind during wintertime are snowflakes and reindeer. Now, NASA is providing technology to help study both of those in various ways during a kick off of the International Polar Year in Norway.
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3/27/2007
The National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artists and Writers Program provides opportunities for scholars in the humanities to visit Antarctica or the Southern Ocean to obtain first-hand experience that will help create art to increase public awareness and understanding of the U.S. role on the southernmost continent.
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3/23/2007
Just a few years ago, the world's climate scientists predicted that Greenland wouldn't have much impact on sea level in the coming decades. But recent measurements show that Greenland's ice cap is melting much faster than expected. These new data come from the NASA/German Aerospace Center's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).
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