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9/20/2007
Researchers using 20 years of data from space-based sensors have confirmed that Antarctic snow is melting farther inland and at higher altitudes than ever.
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9/18/2007
The 2007 AAAS Philip H. Abelson Advancing Science Seminar, "New Horizons in Polar Science," will be held at AAAS headquarters in Washington, DC. The seminar will bring together scientists, policymakers, and the public for a lecture series.
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9/18/2007
An international team of astronomers has discovered that Neptune's south pole is much hotter than the rest of the planet.
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9/18/2007
FWS will publish in the Federal Register the availability of nine research papers recently completed by USGS that will be used to reach a final on whether to protect the polar bear as a threatened species.
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9/16/2007
More than two decades ago, Susan Solomon and her colleagues deciphered the chemistry of the Antarctic ozone hole. Today, NOAA continues to lead in this area, including producing 20 questions and answers for non-scientists about ozone depletion.
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9/16/2007
For 20 years, Sam Bowser, has dived the frigid—yet biologically rich—waters of McMurdo Sound. He is interested in how tiny organisms build miniscule, but sophisticated, shells out of grains of sand using an extremely effective underwater glue.
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9/13/2007
In conjunction with the first International Polar Day on September 21, 2007, U.S and German scientists presented recent data and research findings during a video conference and Webcast with students.
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9/12/2007
NSF has awarded an IU-led team a grant to create cyberinfrastructure to better understand the state of polar ice sheets. The researchers will create a computer grid that will span the globe from the North to the South Pole
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9/7/2007
Future reduction of Arctic sea ice could diminish the world's polar bear population by 60 percent within 50 years according to a series of studies released Sept. 7 by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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9/6/2007
A new study by NOAA scientists shows that areal sea-ice coverage of the Arctic Ocean will decline by more than 40 percent before the summer of 2050, compared to a 1979-1999 base period.
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