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7/31/2008
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) has released a report that describes computer models of the Earth’s climate and their ability to simulate current climate change.
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7/25/2008
President Bush announced the appointment of three new members to the US Arctic Research Commission and the reappointment of Ms. Michele Longo Eder and Dr. Charles Vörösmarty to second four-year terms.
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7/24/2008
Researchers have discovered that an explosion of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon powers substorms, sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the aurora borealis, called the Northern Lights.
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7/24/2008
Well inside the Arctic Circle, scientists have found black smoker vents farther north than anyone has ever seen before. The cluster of five vents--one towering nearly four stories in height--are venting water as hot as 570 F.
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7/23/2008
Alison Murray is going where few scientists have gone during the winter, to Antarctica to find clues about how microbes survive and even thrive during the coldest time of the year.
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7/23/2008
The area north of the Arctic Circle has an estimated 90 billion barrels of undiscovered, oil, 1,670 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable natural gas, and 44 billion barrels of natural gas liquids in 25 geologically defined areas, USGS says.
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7/23/2008
Remarks on the science agency's perspective on the nation's needs for icebreaking capability.
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7/17/2008
The hearing focused on defining domestic and polar icebreaking missions; determining what resources are needed to accomplish the missions; and determining how to best provide those resources. Video of the hearing is posted.
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7/16/2008
The opening statement of U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH), Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Ranking Member, from July 16, 2008 hearing on the Coast Guard’s icebreaking program.
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7/16/2008
The remarks of the chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission as given in July of 2008.
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