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7/15/2008
Two low-flying unmanned aircraft are cruising over Greenland this month to observe the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its contribution to global sea level rise. The flights will determine if the ice sheet will melt faster in the future.
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7/10/2008
The rate of climate warming over northern Alaska, Canada, and Russia could more than triple during extended episodes of rapid sea ice loss, according to the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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7/3/2008
A Webcast of the joint Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)IPY Conference opening ceremony was broadcast on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at http://www.arcticportal.org/.
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6/30/2008
During Earth Month in April, Mark Ivey, site manager for the Deprtment of Energy's ARM Climate Research Facility on the North Slope of Alaska, was interviewed about climate change and in particular, its impacts in the Arctic.
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6/26/2008
A research team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has uncovered evidence of explosive volcanic eruptions deep beneath the ice-covered surface of the Arctic Ocean.
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6/24/2008
The remarks of the chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission as given in June of 2008.
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6/11/2008
For the first time paleontologists have found fossilized burrows of tetrapods--any land vertebrates with four legs or leglike appendages--in Antarctica dating from about 245 million years ago.
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6/11/2008
The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than previously calculated, according to University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist Sebastian H. Mernild. He is conducting the research as part of the university's IPY efforts.
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6/10/2008
The rate of climate warming over northern Alaska, Canada, and Russia could more than triple during periods of rapid sea-ice loss, according to a new study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
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6/6/2008
The CIRES Innovative Research Program has funded NSIDC scientist Ted Scambos to explore the causes of ice shelf break-up in Antarctica. Scambos will investigate whether dwindling sea ice contributes to ice shelf collapse.
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