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C-SPAN Video Available on Web: Impact of Global Warming on the Arctic

11/30/2007 On Nov. 26 at a forum sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, experts discussed the effects of global warming on conditions in the arctic. View a Web-based version of C-SPAN 2's coverage. Available only in Windows Media format.

New Antarctic Research Season Kicks Off for University of Wisconsin-Madison Scientists

11/30/2007 Three scientists--Jim Bockheim, an expert on Antarctica's Mars-like soils; Christine Ribic, an Adelie penguin researcher; and Charles Bentley, a geologist who is celebrating his 50th anniversary as an Antarctic scientist--will deploy.

ANDRILL's Second Season Exceeds Expectations

11/29/2007 The drillers of the Antarctic Geological Drilling (ANDRILL) Program recently passed the 1,000-meter mark in rock core pulled from beneath the sea floor in McMurdo Sound, with a remarkable recovery rate of more than 98 percent.

NASA-Conceived Map of Antarctica Lays Ground for New Discoveries

11/27/2007 A team of researchers has completed a map of Antarctica that is expected to revolutionize research of the continent's frozen landscape.

"International Polar Year: Exploring the Changing Poles," a Washington D.C. Lecture

11/26/2007 The polar regions are changing faster than any other part of our planet. Find out why when Robin Bell, chair of the U.S. National Committee for the International Polar Year, speaks at the Marion Koshland Science Museum on Nov. 28.

NSF, NASA to Test Lunar Habitat in Antarctica's Extreme Environment

11/16/2007 The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will use the Antarctica's frigid, harsh, isolated landscape to test a new architecture for astronaut housing on the moon.

Arctic Ocean Circulation Does an About-Face, according to NASA and NSF-funded Researchers

11/13/2007 A research team has detected a reversal in Arctic Ocean circulation triggered by atmospheric circulation. The results suggest not all the changes seen in Arctic climate in recent years are a result of global warming.

University of Alaska Fairbanks Schedules Climate-Change Impacts Teleconference for Nov. 13

11/9/2007 Peter Larsen, a researcher with UAF's Institute for Social and Economic Research, will discuss the future costs of infrastructure replacement in Alaska due to climate change at 10 a.m., local time, Tuesday, Nov. 13.

"The Log from the Southern Ocean": Marine Biologists Dive to Understand How Antarctic Animals Cope with Extremes

11/4/2007 Scientists from Clemson University and the University of Montana are diving frigid, ice-covered McMurdo Sound to understand how creatures of the Southern Ocean have uniquely adapted to cold, yet oxygen-rich water.

Ice-Tethered Profilers: A New Way to Monitor Changes in the Arctic

11/3/2007 Scientists and engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have devised a way to make continuous measurements of the ocean beneath the Arctic ice and get back data in real time. They call it the ice-tethered profiler, or ITP.
                                      
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