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7/2/2010
A June conference in Norway highlighted how much this IPY differed from previous polar years; it emphasized human dimensions, international cooperation, and the role of education and outreach, and training of a new generation of researchers.
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6/21/2010
Scientists visiting Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier last year discovered that warm ocean water eating away at the glacier’s base has lifted the ice off an underwater ridge, speeding the glacier's advance to the sea.
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6/17/2010
A team of oceanographers, writing in the journal Science has outlined a polar ocean-observation strategy they say will revolutionize scientists’ understanding of marine ecosystem response to climate change.
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6/10/2010
Greenland’s glaciers are not simply melting, cautions Fiamma Straneo, a physical oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. It would be more accurate to say they’re falling apart, according to her NSF- and NASA-funded research.
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6/8/2010
NASA's first dedicated oceanographic field campaign is taking an up-close look at how changing conditions in the Arctic are affecting the ocean's chemistry and ecosystems that play a critical role in global climate change.
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6/7/2010
The NOAA research vessel Thomas G. Thompson is at sea carrying scientists from a multitude of disciplines to measure ocean conditions and food web productivity on the eastern Bering Sea shelf.
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5/20/2010
An NSF-funded research team, led by scientists from Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment, is at sea measuring the underwater movements and behaviors of humpback and minke whales. Track their progress and see images.
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5/20/2010
scientists at the University of Miami say Greenland's ice is melting so quickly that the land underneath is rising at an accelerated pace. Some coastal areas are rising by nearly an inch annually and could increase to two inches annually by 2025.
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5/19/2010
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA has developed an Arctic strategic plan and vision that will be available for public comment through June 10.
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4/29/2010
A research expedition in Antarctic waters may provide critical clues to understanding a dramatic period of climate change: a period 53 million years ago when Antarctica was sub-tropical, then became "rapidly" frigid.
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