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Polar bear population in parts of Alaska, Canada down by 40 percent
Nov 18, 2014 (UPI)
The population of polar bears in parts of Alaska and northwestern Canada has declined by about 40 percent in the first decade of the 2000s, a new study says. Th...
Researchers debate science, ethics of cloning wooly mammoth
Nov 17, 2014 (UPI)
A team of scientists are optimistic that an extremely well-preserved 40,000-year-old wooly mammoth will provide them with the DNA samples they need to clone the...
Scientists rappel into Siberia's mystery craters
Nov 14, 2014 (UPI)
Several months after a mysterious hole in the ground was discovered on the Yamal Peninsula of northwest Siberia, scientists have worked up the courage to climb ...
Robotic Ocean Gliders Aid Study of Melting Polar Ice
Nov 11, 2014 (SPX)
The rapidly melting ice sheets on the coast of West Antarctica are a potential major contributor to rising ocean levels worldwide. Although warm water near the ...
Ice age infants discovered in Alaskan grave
Nov 10, 2014 (UPI)
Archaeologists working in central Alaska discovered the 11,500-year-old remains of two infants from the Ice Age. The bones, found in an ancient burial site near...
IceBridge Returns to Thwaites Glacier
Nov 09, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's Operation IceBridge recently reached the mid-point of the 2014 Antarctic campaign, flying two more missions in West Antarctica. These flights measured th...
New research explores scent communication in polar bears
Nov 06, 2014 (SPX)
New research conducted by a team of conservation scientists provides the first systematic examination of the social information polar bears may glean from scent...
Berkeley Lab scientists ID new driver behind Arctic warming
Nov 04, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have identified a mechanism that could turn out to be a big contributor to warming in the Arctic region and melting sea ice. The research was led by ...
Variations in ice sheet height influence global climate
Nov 04, 2014 (SPX)
In a study published in PNAS, Dr William Roberts of Bristol's School of Geographical Sciences and colleagues use computer models to simulate a Heinrich event in...
They know the drill: UW leads the league in boring through ice sheets
Nov 03, 2014 (SPX)
Wisconsin is famous for its ice fishers - the stalwarts who drill holes through lake ice in the hope of catching a winter dinner. Less well known are the state'...
Plans for Antarctic marine reserves fail again
Oct 31, 2014 (AFP)
Two marine reserves proposed for Antarctica failed to win approval at international talks in Australia on Friday, campaigners said, adding the decision left one...
China's 31st Antarctic expedition sets out
Oct 31, 2014 (XNA)
Chinese research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon) set off on Thursday from Shanghai on the country's 31st Antarctic expedition, scheduled to return i...
Study shows three abrupt pulse of CO2 during last deglaciation
Oct 30, 2014 (SPX)
A new study shows that the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide that contributed to the end of the last ice age more than 10,000 years ago did not occur gradually...
Well-preserved baby woolly mammoth carcass on display in Moscow
Oct 29, 2014 (UPI)
The incredibly well-preserved carcass of a baby woolly mammoth recently went on display in Moscow as part of an event for the Russian Geological Society, and it...
Penguin chicks
Oct 28, 2014 (SPX)
Adelie penguins are an indigenous species of the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), one of the most rapidly warming areas on Earth. Since 1950, the average annual ...
Mammoth skull and tusks found in Idaho drainage ditch
Oct 27, 2014 (UPI)
Archaeologists in Idaho have uncovered the tusks and skull of a massive Columbian mammoth in Idaho, and scientists there say they have reason to believe a rare,...
China to build Antarctic airfield: report
Oct 27, 2014 (AFP)
China is to build its own airfield in Antarctica, media reported Monday, as Beijing continues to expand its footprint in the most remote corners of the globe. T...
Peru glaciers shrink 40% in 44 years: government
Oct 16, 2014 (AFP)
Peru's glaciers have shrunk by more than 40 percent since 1970 because of climate change, giving birth to nearly 1,000 new lagoons, national water authority ANA...
Icebergs once drifted to Florida, new climate model suggests
Oct 15, 2014 (SPX)
Using a first-of-its-kind, high-resolution numerical model to describe ocean circulation during the last ice age about 21,000 year ago, oceanographer Alan Condr...
Canada Inuits reach EU deal to resume seal-product exports
Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)
The Canadian government on Friday announced an agreement with the European Union that will let Inuit people resume the exportation of seal products, which have ...
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