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1/8/2008
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expects within the next month to reach a final decision on a proposal to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
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1/7/2008
New York City's American Museum of Natural History will host a family oriented International Polar Weekend on Feb. 2 and 3, 2008. The museum, Columbia University, Barnard College, the Explorers Club, and Wings WorldQuest are sponsors.
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1/5/2008
UAF's Marine Advisory Program and Northwest Campus are presenting a speaker series through April 29 in Nome, Alaska on topics ranging from sea-ice monitoring to Eskimo languages.
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1/5/2008
Alaska's KUAC-TV has produced 12, one-minute video segments on the history of IPY, IPY's importance to Alaska and the IPY research that's taking place on "The Last Frontier." Watch the first six segments on-line.
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1/4/2008
Scientists using NASA satellites discovered an extensive network of waterways beneath a fast-moving Antarctic ice stream that provide clues as to how "leaks" in the system affect sea level and the world's largest ice sheet.
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1/3/2008
The University of Washington's Polar Science Center has teamed up with the Pacific Science Center to present four days of activities to bring the public a look into the world of polar research.
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12/28/2007
Researchers with the NSF-funded portion of the international, bi-polar POLENET project are deploying GPS units and seismic sensors across Antarctica to learn how the continent's ice sheets are changing. Read their dispatches "live from the ice."
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12/22/2007
An Ohio State University researcher was aboard an aircraft that crashed in Antarctica earlier this week. All passengers and crew survived the failed takeoff from a field camp on the southernmost continent, according to NSF.
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12/21/2007
A valuable contribution to the Antarctic climate record was obtained earlier this month when the science party drilled 90 meters of ice core, providing information about climate variations reaching back 1000 years. Read dispatches from the field.
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12/17/2007
NSF-funded paleontologists working at 14,000 feet near Antarctica's Beardmore Glacier uncovered an unknown type of dinosaur. The massive plant-eater, named Glacialisaurus hammeri, lived about 190 million years ago.
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