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Scientist Explains Impacts of Climate Change in the Arctic

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.

Geologists Discover Signs of Volcanoes Blowing their Tops in the Arctic Ocean

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.

NSF-funded Scientists find 245 million-year-old burrows of land vertebrates in Antarctica

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.

Greenland Ice Sheet Runoff May More Than Double by Century’s End

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.

Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice, NCAR Study Finds

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).

Never Too Busy for Science Education

5/16/2008 Dr. Greg McFarquhar, co-lead scientist for DOE's Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol campaign, makes time for science education in the field.

Remarks by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on the Decision to List the Polar Bear as "Threatened"

5/15/2008 The Department of the Interior announced May 14 that it is accepting the recommendation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the bear as a threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder

5/15/2008 New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.

Interagency Aerosol Observing Network

5/14/2008 The U.S. Department of Energy's Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment is featured on the cover of the latest report from the U.S. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee.

Phoenix to Land Near Mars's North Pole

5/13/2008 NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice.
                                      
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