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4/14/2009
Tom Wagner, NASA cryosphere program scientist, discusses the various ways that sea ice is important; from regulating global temperatures to restricting--or facilitating--global commerce. He also discusses the significance of IPY.
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4/6/2009
The genius of the Antarctic Treaty lies in its relevance today. It was written to meet the challenges of an earlier time, but it and its related instruments remain a key tool in our efforts to address an urgent threat of this time, climate change...
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4/6/2009
The first of 10 points urges "states, national and international scientific bodies, and other interested parties to cooperate to deliver a lasting legacy from the IPY, and to support appropriate infrastructures to achieve this."
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4/4/2009
The Bering Sea is a wildly productive ecosystem, yielding millions of pounds of fish and crab each year. Is climate change affecting the Bering Sea? How? See daily pictures and read reports from researchers seeking answers to those questions.
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4/1/2009
Researchers at two massive, sophisticated National Science Foundation-funded instruments located at the South Pole will be featured in a global Webcast on April 3 and 4 as part of the International Year of Astronomy.
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3/26/2009
On the afternoon of April 6, 2009 the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Foundation hosted a celebration of early IPY accomplishments. Video of the science presentations is available here.
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3/18/2009
A five-nation scientific team has published new evidence that even a slight rise in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, one of the gases that drives global warming, affects the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS).
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3/17/2009
A team of British and American scientists has successfully deployed an autonomous robot submarine on six missions beneath an Antarctic ice shelf using sonar scanners to map the seabed and the underside of the ice as it juts out over the sea.
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3/16/2009
The Maryland Science Center in Baltimore will be the focal point of a range of public events April 4 and 5 that highlight federally funded Arctic and Antarctic research programs.
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2/25/2009
When it’s completed in 2011, the South Pole neutrino observatory, IceCube, promises to open a new scientific window on colliding galaxies and black holes. In the meantime, though, it’s producing some decidedly down-to-earth results for Wisconsin.
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