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6/29/2006
The Antarctic ozone hole's recovery is running late. According to a new NASA study, the full return of the protective ozone over the South Pole will take nearly 20 years longer than scientists previously expected.
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5/9/2006
Arctic ice conditions have major impacts on sea creatures and those who subsist on them.
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5/6/2006
An international expedition to probe deeper into the cause of the collapse of Antarctica's Larsen B Ice Shelf.
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5/1/2006
This project will provide Antarctic records of environmental change for approximately the past 100,000 years.
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4/18/2006
NASA data reveal that Arctic forests are getting browner as temperatures rise. The downward trend in the forests' health may be a sign that global warming is impacting the forests sooner than scientists predicted.
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4/10/2006
Scuba diving scientists studied salps—jelly-like creatures that are important to the entire Antarctic food chain.
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3/23/2006
In a little more than seven minutes, NASA data visualizers lead viewers across the icy reaches of Antarctica, the drifting expanse of polar sea ice, the shrinking cap around the North Pole, and more.
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3/17/2006
An expedition into the frozen Arctic using dogsled teams kicks off March 12, 2006, from Alaska to help NASA find out how much snow blankets the Earth. The trek is one leg of a five-year “Go North!” expedition in pursuit of environmental samples.
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3/14/2006
NASA scientists have found that a major form of global air pollution involved in summertime "smog" has also played a significant role in warming the Arctic.
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3/8/2006
In the most comprehensive survey ever undertaken of the massive ice sheets covering both Greenland and Antarctica, NASA scientists confirm climate warming is changing how much water remains locked in Earth's largest storehouse of ice and snow.
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