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10/22/2009
Despite the fact that summer 2009 had more sea ice than in 2007 or 2008, scientists are seeing drastic changes in the region from just five years ago and at rates faster than anticipated, according to NOAA's "Arctic Report Card."
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10/20/2009
Christine Hedge, a 7th-grade science teacher who spent six weeks in the Arctic Ocean on board the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy, discovered an underwater mountain.
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10/16/2009
The National/Naval Ice Center (NIC) has concluded that the 2009 sea ice minimum, which occurred between Sept. 16 and 23, is the third lowest since 1979.
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5/20/2009
A team of NOAA scientists has recorded the distinctive calls of endangered North Atlantic right whales in an area where it was believed that the historic resident population was hunted to extinction in the early 20th century.
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11/21/2008
For her scientific achievements, including pioneering research that helped explain the cause of the ozone hole, NOAA Senior Scientist Susan Solomon will receive the Grande Medaille from the Institute of France’s Academy of Sciences.
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10/16/2008
Temperature increases, a near-record loss of summer sea ice, and a melting of surface ice in Greenland are among some of the evidence of continued warming in the Arctic, according to a report issued by NOAA and its partners.
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9/24/2008
Retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, today announced his resignation, effective Oct. 31.
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9/9/2008
Mark Serreze writes: “That the Arctic should be especially sensitive to climate change was recognized in the 19th century. The primary reason ...is that an initial warming ... sets in motion a chain of events that amplify the warming..."
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9/2/2008
A central database of information collected as part of the interagency Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) Project.
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4/1/2008
The Arctic is a receptacle for the planet's air pollutants. A coordinated international effort involving NASA and NOAA is geared toward learning more about pollutants' effects at the top of the globe.
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