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3/23/2007
Scientists have found a new indicator that the Earth is warming: "glacial earthquakes" caused when the rivers of ice lurch unexpectedly. Glacial earthquakes in Greenland have doubled since 2002.
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3/21/2007
According to a unique, newly released survey of indigenous Arctic peoples an overwhelming majority think traditional pursuits are important to their identity and many engage in these activities in addition to working in the cash economy.
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3/21/2007
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have joined colleagues from other NASA centers, U.S. agencies and universities, as well as more than 60 other nations, in a worldwide campaign to better understand the polar regions of Earth. Feature includes video interviews with JPL scientists.
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3/18/2007
NOAA's “State of the Arctic” is a review of environmental conditions during the past five years, relative to those in the latter part of the 20th century. It was conducted by an international group of 20 scientists who developed a consensus on content and reliability.
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3/17/2007
Building a neutrino observatory a kilometer on a side under the ice sheet, excavating
a rare plesiosaur fossil, and a ice-shelf drilling project seeking millions of years of climate records were all discussed in a recent NPR “Science Friday” broadcast on Antarctic science.
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3/17/2007
Mary Albert, past chair of the U.S. National IPY Committee and senior research engineer at CRREL, was featured in a recent NPR broadcast. She joined Jody Deming, a member of the U.S. National Committee and a University of Washington researcher, and Polar explorer Will Steger.
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3/17/2007
The Antarctic Marine Living Resources research program is part of the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center, which collects the scientific information necessary to protect and manage resources in the Pacific and the Antarctic.
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3/16/2007
Thanks to extensive field research and records contained in deposits of their bones accumulated over 30,000 years, scientists know more about how penguins will adjust to rapid climate change than almost any other creature on Earth.
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3/15/2007
Dinosaurs once roamed Antarctica, including Cryolophosaurus, or "frozen crested reptile," discovered by William Hammer, of Augustana College. Read about more recent finds of Jurassic fossils and how people like ReBecca Hunt prepare them for study and display.
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