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7/23/2008
The area north of the Arctic Circle has an estimated 90 billion barrels of undiscovered, oil, 1,670 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable natural gas, and 44 billion barrels of natural gas liquids in 25 geologically defined areas, USGS says.
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7/17/2008
The hearing focussed on defining domestic and polar icebreaking missions; determining what resources are needed to accomplish the missions; and determining how to best provide those resources. Video of the hearing is posted.
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7/16/2008
The opening statement of U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH), Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Ranking Member, from July 16, 2008 hearing on the Coast Guard’s icebreaking program.
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7/15/2008
Two low-flying unmanned aircraft are cruising over Greenland this month to observe the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its contribution to global sea level rise. The flights will determine if the ice sheet will melt faster in the future.
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7/10/2008
The rate of climate warming over northern Alaska, Canada, and Russia could more than triple during extended episodes of rapid sea ice loss, according to the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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7/3/2008
A Webcast of the joint Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)IPY Conference opening ceremony was broadcast on Tuesday, July 8,2008 at http://www.arcticportal.org/.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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