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Ocean Currents Speed Melting of Antarctic Ice

6/26/2011 Stronger ocean currents beneath West Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf are eroding the ice from below, speeding the melting of the glacier as a whole.

U. of Texas: New Map Reveals Giant Fjords Beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet

6/1/2011 Scientists from the U.S., U.K. and Australia have used ice-penetrating radar to create the first high-resolution topographic map of the Aurora Subglacial Basin, an immense ice-buried lowland in East Antarctica larger than Texas.

NASA: Wheels up for Extensive Survey of Arctic ice

4/15/2011 Researchers and flight crew arrived in Thule, Greenland this week for the start of NASA's 2011 Operation IceBridge, an airborne mission to study changes in Arctic polar ice.

NSF: Discovery Of Oldest Northern North American Human Remains Provides New Insights Into Ice-Age Culture

2/25/2011 Newly excavated remains found at the Xaasaa Na' archaeological site near the Tanana River in central Alaska may belong to one of the earliest inhabitants of North America.

University of Colorado at Boulder Study: Water Flowing Through Ice Sheets Accelerates Warming, Could Speed up Ice Flow

11/5/2010 Melt water flowing through ice sheets via crevasses, fractures and large drains called moulins can carry warmth into ice sheet. interiors, greatly accelerating the response of an ice sheet to climate change

NASA Airborne Science Campaign begins Antarctic Sequel

10/22/2010 Scientists returned this week to the Southern Hemisphere where NASA's Operation IceBridge mission is set to begin its second year of airborne surveys over Antarctica. The mission monitors the region's changing sea ice, ice sheets and glaciers.

NOAA: U.S., Arctic Coastal States Collaborate to Improve Nautical Charts

10/6/2010 The United States has joined other Arctic Coastal States in a mutual effort to develop nautical charts that will improve the safety of mariners transiting the Arctic.

Weather and Feedbacks Lead to Third-lowest Arctic Sea Ice Extent on Record

10/4/2010 An eventful summer sea-ice melt season has ended in the Arctic. Ice extent reached its low for the year--the third lowest in the satellite record--on Sept. 19, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

University of Delaware Scientist: Greenland Glacier Calves an Ice Island Four Times the Size of Manhattan

8/6/2010 An “ice island” four times the size of Manhattan has calved from Greenland's Petermann Glacier. The last time the Arctic lost such a large chunk of ice was in 1962.

Drillers Reaching Bedrock in Greenland Represents a Milestone in Climate Research

8/4/2010 After years of concentrated effort, scientists from the international North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) project hit bedrock more than 8,300 feet below the surface of the Greenland ice sheet last week.
                                      
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