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4/2/2009
A nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer may happen three times sooner than scientists have estimated, according to researchers at the University of Washington.
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1/29/2009
The existing infrastructure for responding to maritime accidents in the Arctic is limited and more needs to be done to enhance emergency response capacity as Arctic sea ice declines and ship traffic in the region increases, according to the report.
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1/26/2009
A new scientific study led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reaches a powerful conclusion about the climate change caused by future increases of carbon dioxide: to a large extent, there’s no going back.
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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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11/3/2008
Three recent flights over Puget Sound proved the value of the University of Alaska’s unmanned aircraft system. NOAA scientists hope to use the technology to study ice-associated seals in Alaska’s Bering Sea in the spring of 2009
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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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8/7/2008
NOAA’s Fisheries Service has prohibited the use of bottom-trawl gear in 130,000 square nautical miles of the Bering Sea, an area where the gear has not been used previously, to protect the sea-bottom habitat.
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7/22/2008
On the last day of July, a group of northern-oriented marine scientists will depart on a pioneering expedition to the Beaufort Sea. The expedition is expected to reveal previously unknown information about fish and fish habitat in the Arctic.
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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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4/2/2008
A field study now under way is looking at the pollutants within the Arctic atmosphere – called “Arctic Haze” – including their sources, concentrations, and climate impact, in an ice-free region
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