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NASA studies polar ice in Greenland (Moldova.org)
By Suzanne Presto NASA scientists say tracking changes in polar ice can help them better predict changes in climate and sea level. NASA's Operation IceBridge mission - the largest-ever airborne survey of the Earth's polar ice - kicked off its second year of study this week. Scientists and a NASA aircraft equipped with a variety of science instruments began this phase of the mission in Thule ...
NASA Researchers Study Polar Ice in Greenland (Voice of America)
Scientists say tracking changes in polar ice can help them better predict changes in climate and sea level
Bayer Climate Award 2010 for Professor Peter Lemke (uniprotokolle)
Professor Peter Lemke of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven has been awarded the 50,000 € "Bayer Climate Award 2010" by the Bayer Science & Education Foundation.
Economy trumps ecology at UN wildlife meet (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Commerce beat out conservation at a UN wildlife trade forum on Thursday, with Japan, China and pro-fisheries interests scoring a clean sweep in defeating proposals to protect high-value marine species.
Warmer summers could create challenges for nesting Arctic seabirds (Science Daily)
In tropical regions, seabird deaths are often due to introduced predators, ecto-parasites or fishery collapse. In the Arctic, however, causes of bird deaths are a bit unusual. For example, birds can crash into each other or cliffs during heavy fogs, they can be smashed into the water by Katabatic winds, or they can die in rock slides. Three northern biologists suggest that warmer temperatures ...
There are plenty of ways to celebrate Easter in Northeast Ohio: Laura DeMarco's Best of Cleveland (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Our diverse city offers a range of unique Easter traditions.
Warmer summers could create challenges for nesting Arctic seabirds (EurekAlert!)
( Arctic Institute of North America ) In tropical regions, seabird deaths are often due to introduced predators, ecto-parasites or fishery collapse. In the Arctic, however, causes of bird deaths are a bit unusual. For example, birds can crash into each other or cliffs during heavy fogs, they can be smashed into the water by Katabatic winds, or they can die in rock slides. Three northern ...
Grace Sees Rapid Spread In Greenland Ice Loss (SpaceDaily)
by Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Mar 26, 2010 Ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet, which has been increasing during the past decade over its southern region, is now moving up its northwest coast, according to a new international study.
[features] Flamingo Dance : Aquarium’s newest exhibit brings climate change home colorfully. - Monterey County Weekly (Monterey County Weekly)
If the farting cow in a leather gas mask doesn’t do the trick, the flaming-orange roseate spoonbills might. Or perhaps a visitor will be inspired to do more biking after meeting the Magellanic penguins that haplessly rode an ocean current from Patagonia to Brazil. Monterey Bay Aquarium’s newest exhibit, Hot Pink Flamingos: Stories of Hope in a Changing Sea, aims to get kids giggling, adults ...
Arctic Seabirds Troubled by Warmer Summers (redOrbit)
Birds uniquely adapted to cool, dry summersIQALUIT -- Warmer, wetter weather in the Canadian Arctic could create problems for nesting seabirds, say a team of Canadian scientists who, between them, have spent over 7,000 days observing birds in the North.Arctic birds are uniquely adapted to survive in the cold, dry summers that mark the high Arctic.