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3/27/2007
The National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artists and Writers Program provides opportunities for scholars in the humanities to visit Antarctica or the Southern Ocean to obtain first-hand experience that will help create art to increase public awareness and understanding of the U.S. role on the southernmost continent.
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3/23/2007
Just a few years ago, the world's climate scientists predicted that Greenland wouldn't have much impact on sea level in the coming decades. But recent measurements show that Greenland's ice cap is melting much faster than expected. These new data come from the NASA/German Aerospace Center's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).
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3/23/2007
Scientists have found a new indicator that the Earth is warming: "glacial earthquakes" caused when the rivers of ice lurch unexpectedly. Glacial earthquakes in Greenland have doubled since 2002.
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3/21/2007
According to a unique, newly released survey of indigenous Arctic peoples an overwhelming majority think traditional pursuits are important to their identity and many engage in these activities in addition to working in the cash economy.
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3/21/2007
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have joined colleagues from other NASA centers, U.S. agencies and universities, as well as more than 60 other nations, in a worldwide campaign to better understand the polar regions of Earth. Feature includes video interviews with JPL scientists.
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3/18/2007
NOAA's “State of the Arctic” is a review of environmental conditions during the past five years, relative to those in the latter part of the 20th century. It was conducted by an international group of 20 scientists who developed a consensus on content and reliability.
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3/17/2007
Building a neutrino observatory a kilometer on a side under the ice sheet, excavating
a rare plesiosaur fossil, and a ice-shelf drilling project seeking millions of years of climate records were all discussed in a recent NPR “Science Friday” broadcast on Antarctic science.
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3/17/2007
Mary Albert, past chair of the U.S. National IPY Committee and senior research engineer at CRREL, was featured in a recent NPR broadcast. She joined Jody Deming, a member of the U.S. National Committee and a University of Washington researcher, and Polar explorer Will Steger.
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3/17/2007
The Antarctic Marine Living Resources research program is part of the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center, which collects the scientific information necessary to protect and manage resources in the Pacific and the Antarctic.
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