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China's Antarctic explorations peacefully intended, cooperative
Feb 18, 2014 (XNA)
The opening of China's fourth Antarctic research base is yet another step forward in the country's ambitious plan to study Antarctica, and further contributes t...
NOAA researcher says Arctic marine mammals are ecosystem sentinels
Feb 18, 2014 (SPX)
As the Arctic continues to see dramatic declines in seasonal sea ice, warming temperatures and increased storminess, the responses of marine mammals can provide...
US to appoint Arctic envoy
Feb 15, 2014 (AFP)
The United States announced Friday it would appoint a special envoy to the Arctic, a region increasingly coveted by several countries for its oil and other raw ...
Chinese sailors throw bottles into Antarctic Ocean: report
Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)
Lovesick crew members on the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long marked Valentine's Day by throwing bottled notes into the pristine wilderness of the Antarctic Ocean, s...
Research gives new insight into diet of large ancient mammals
Feb 12, 2014 (SPX)
An international team of researchers, including Professor Mary Edwards at the University of Southampton, has used DNA testing to give a unique view of the diet ...
Ice age's arctic tundra lush with wildflowers for woolly mammoths
Feb 12, 2014 (SPX)
A recent study in the journal Nature finds that nearly 50,000 years ago during the ice age, the landscape was not as drab as once thought -- it was filled with ...
A Look Back and Ahead at Greenland's Changing Climate
Feb 11, 2014 (SPX)
Over the past two decades, ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet increased four-fold contributing to one-quarter of global sea level rise. However, the chain of...
DNA reveals new clues: Why did mammoths die out?
Feb 11, 2014 (SPX)
Why did mammoths and other large mammals of the tundra suddenly become extinct some 10,000 years ago? It's a question that has divided scientists over the years...
China opens fourth Antarctic research station
Feb 10, 2014 (AFP)
China's fourth Antarctic research station -- the flying saucer-shaped Taishan -- has officially opened, in another step for the country's exploration ambitions ...
Experts nix Canada move for sad Argentine polar bear
Feb 08, 2014 (AFP)
A polar bear said to be depressed in Argentina will not move to Canada, after veterinary experts said Friday the trip would be too dangerous to his health. The ...
Finnish execs ask for cool cash - from hole in the ice
Feb 07, 2014 (AFP)
Gasping and shivering, entrepreneurs from 26 Finnish startups jumped into near zero-temperature water Friday in one of the most unusual pitches ever for funding...
The storm before the calm
Feb 06, 2014 (ESA)
In just a week the crew of Concordia research station will be left to survive on one of the remotest places on Earth for nine months. Together, the crew of 13 m...
Hopes for depressed Argentina polar bear to go to Canada
Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)
Arturo has been in mourning since the death of his companion in 2012. It is summer now in Argentina, and he is exhausted from the heat. A trip to cool Canada mi...
A 'smoking gun' on the Ice Age megafauna extinctions
Feb 06, 2014 (SPX)
It was climate that killed many of the large mammals after the latest Ice Age. But what more specifically was it with the climate that led to this mass extincti...
Arctic lakes show climate on thin ice
Feb 05, 2014 (ESA)
Ice in northern Alaska's lakes during winter months is on the decline. Twenty years of satellite radar imagery show how changes in our climate are affecting hig...
Greenland's fastest glacier reaches record speeds
Feb 05, 2014 (SPX)
Jakobshavn Glacier is moving ice from the Greenland ice sheet into the ocean at a speed that appears to be the fastest ever recorded. Researchers from the Unive...
Thinning of Arctic lake ice cuts winter ice season by 24 days
Feb 05, 2014 (SPX)
Arctic lakes have been freezing up later in the year and thawing earlier, creating a winter ice season about 24 days shorter than it was in 1950, a University o...
Greenhouse Time Machine Sheds Light on Corn Domestication
Feb 05, 2014 (SPX)
By simulating the environment when corn was first exploited by people and then domesticated, Smithsonian scientists discovered that corn's ancestor, a wild gras...
Disappearing snow increases risk of collapsing ice shelves in Antarctica
Feb 03, 2014 (SPX)
A number of floating ice shelves in Antarctica are at risk of disappearing entirely in the next 200 years, as global warming reduces their snow cover. Their col...
NASA Radar Maps the Winter Pace of Iceland's Glaciers
Feb 03, 2014 (JPL)
A high-precision radar instrument from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., left Southern California for Iceland today to create detailed maps of...
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