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2/26/2008
More than 800 international researchers are expected to attend the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, scheduled for June 29-July 3, 2008 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Registration: http://www.nicop.org/registration.html
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2/21/2008
With support from NASA, NSF and NOAA, researchers from Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment (GAs Ex III) are sailed in late February aboard the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown to study carbon-dioxide interactions with the high-velocity winds.
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2/20/2008
The surface temperature of Greenland's massive ice sheet has been rising, stoked by warming air temperatures, and fueling ice loss at the surface and throughout the mass beneath.
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2/20/2008
Scientists with the Sedimentary Connections and Ocean Thoroughfares in the Antarctic (SCOTIA) project are investigating a variety of possible causes for the initial glaciation of the southernmost continent.
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2/19/2008
The Alaska Statewide High School Science Symposium will take place on March 1 and 2, 2008 in Fairbanks, Alaska. This year’s conference theme is IPY.
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2/17/2008
As oceans warm and become more acidic, ocean creatures are undergoing severe stress and entire food webs are at risk, according to scientists at a press briefing at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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2/15/2008
It has been 40 million years since the waters around Antarctica have been warm enough to sustain populations of sharks and most fish, but if a changing climate warms the Southern Ocean, the ecological effects could be serious.
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2/13/2008
The 38th international meeting, to be held by the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, will feature a keynote address by James White, of the University of Colorado, Boulder, entitled "IPY: It's not just a year, it's a responsibility."
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2/11/2008
Researcher Peter Doran will lead a team working in icy Lake Mendota to test a NASA-funded robotic probe called ENDURANCE--an acronym for Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctic Explorer.
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2/11/2008
New Arctic sea-floor data released today suggests that the foot of the continental slope off Alaska is more than 100 nautical miles (115 statute miles) farther from the U.S. coast than previously assumed.
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