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Dutch Polar Explorers Likely Drown in Arctic
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Two Dutch explorers studying melting Arctic sea ice have apparently drowned after falling through thin ice, police said Monday. Marc Cornelissen and Philip de Roo were last seen on April 6 heading north on skis from Resolute — C
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Antarctic ice shelves rapidly thinning
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A new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the Univ. of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) researchers has revealed that the thickness of Antarctica’s floating ice shelves has recently decreased by as much as 18
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Should tourists be banned from Antarctica?
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This season around 37,000 tourists are expected to visit Antarctica - home to about 20 million pairs of breeding penguins. But is it ethically acceptable to go on holiday to such a pristine environment?
Enfolded in two glacial
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Antarctic Ice Loss Tripled in the Last 10 Years
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The melt rate of glaciers in the fastest-melting part of Antarctica has tripled over the past decade, researchers said Tuesday in an analysis of the past 21 years.
Glaciers in the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica are losing ice
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Antarctic ice thicker than previously thought
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Groundbreaking 3D mapping of previously inaccessible areas of the Antarctic has found that the sea ice fringing the vast continent is thicker than previous thought. Two expeditions to Antarctica by scientists from the UK, USA and
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Training for the North Pole
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It's not glamorous being an explorer, says Eric Larsen. After all, he says: I'm not jumping off cliffs or anything. But perusing Larsen's expedition photos — from snow biking in Antarctica to skiing to the North Pole, during his
Denver Post: News: Top News
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Revised Antarctic Sanctuary
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Australia said Monday it was hopeful of winning support for its plan to create a vast marine reserve off Antarctica, after revising the proposal to make it smaller.
Australia, France and the European Union first put forward a b
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Global Warming Could Cause More Cold Snaps
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Remember that sudden, extreme plunge in temperatures throughout much of the United States in January 2014, which led to life-threatening wind chills that forced schools to close in the Midwest? Many were mystified to hear that it
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Rock-Eating Microbes Found in Buried Antarctic Lake
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A large and diverse family of hearty rock-eating bacteria and other microorganisms live in a freshwater lake buried a half-mile beneath Antarctic ice, new research confirms.
The finding not only adds another extreme environment
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Norway's sneaky seismic attack on the Arctic
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The Esperanza has been in the Arctic near Svalbard, for a few weeks now and we recently became aware of something urgent and disturbing. A seismic company called Dolphin Geophysical, commissioned by the Norwegian Petroleum Directo
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Far-Away Earthquake Caused 'Icequake' in Antarctica
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In February 2010, a massive 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of central Chile. Even though it occurred nearly 22 miles beneath the surface, it was still powerful enough to cause the deaths of 300 people and severely damage buil
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Brace yourself for another polar vortex — in September
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It’s already August, which means fall is around the corner – and another winter no longer seems that far away. Forecasters are out with some predictions about the weather we can expect in the coming months:
A polar vortex
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Swimming, climbing robots explore the hostile Arctic
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A TIRELESS scientific expedition is currently encamped across a huge stretch of Arctic pack ice. The daytime temperature is just above freezing. Regardless, the team sends data day and night to a string of labs around the world.
SCUBA News...
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Lead pollution beat explorers to South Pole, persists today
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Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole in December 1911. More than 100 years later, an international team of scientists has proven that air pollution from industrial activities arrived to th
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Has the expansion of Antarctic sea ice accelerated?
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Despite global warming, the fringe of sea ice around Antarctica is expanding slightly, in contrast to the marked decline of sea ice in the Arctic. Scientists have blamed this curious fact on various forces, from shifting winds to
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East Antarctica More at Risk than Thought to Long-term Thaw
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OSLO (Reuters) - Part of East Antarctica is more vulnerable than expected to a thaw that could trigger an unstoppable slide of ice into the ocean and raise world sea levels for thousands of years, a study showed on Sunday.
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New Penguin Flu Found in Antarctica
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new version of bird flu unlike any other seen on Earth has been discovered in Antarctica, researchers announced today (May 6).
Discovery News - Top Stories
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NASA-USGS Landsat 8 Satellite Pinpoints Coldest Spots on Earth
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What is the coldest place on Earth? It is a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hollows can dip below minus 133.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 92 degrees Celsius) on a clear winter nig
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Life on board an Antarctic research vessel
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Guardian science correspondent Alok Jha and documentary filmmaker Laurence Topham familiarise themselves with the ship that will be their home in the coming weeks on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Environment news, comment and
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Arctic mission to protect Russian wildlife
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Russia is planning huge oil and gas developments in the Arctic Ocean off its northern coast - drilling that could threaten pristine wildlife habitats.
Large-scale production could begin in the next two decades, if the price of
BBC News | World | UK Edition
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Arctic Ocean Losing Sea Ice At An Alarming Rate: NASA
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Although the ice cover at the North Pole has rebounded from last year’s record-breaking low with this year’s summer low also not likely to break any new record, NASA said sea ice in the Arctic still continues to retreat and me
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North Pole Not Flooded -- But Lots of Melting in the Arctic
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Santa's workshop at the North Pole is not under water, despite recent reports. A dramatic image captured by a University of Washington monitoring buoy reportedly shows a lake at the North Pole. But Santa doesn't yet need to buy a
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Zoo Polar Bear Sports High-Tech Neckwear for Conservation
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Tasul, an Oregon Zoo polar bear, recently landed her first white-collar job: research assistant for the U.S. Geological Survey. Her assignment: wearing a high-tech collar to help solve a climate change mystery.
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