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‘Within decade, Arctic Ocean will be ice-free each summer’

October 15th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Oct 15 (IANS) The ice cover over the Arctic Ocean is continuing to get thinner, according to new data released here Thursday, which supports the theory that due to global warming ...

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Arctic could be ice-free in as little as ten years’ time

October 15th, 2009 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI -
London, October 15 (ANI): A top Polar specialist has warned that the Arctic Ocean could be largely ice-free and open to shipping during the summer in as little as ten years' time. "It's ...

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Current carbon dioxide levels also prevailed 15 mn years ago

October 9th, 2009 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Oct 9 (IANS) You would have to go back at least 15 million years to find carbon dioxide levels as high as they are today, say scientists. Then "global temperatures were ...

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CO2 levels on Earth 15 mln yrs ago were as high as they are today

October 9th, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, October 9 (ANI): In a new research, a scientist of Indian origin has determined that carbon dioxide (CO2) levels on Earth 15 million years ago were as high as they are ...

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Extent of Arctic Sea ice is third lowest on record

October 7th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) The extent of the Arctic Sea ice this year or the area covered by floating ice was the third lowest since satellite measurements were first made in 1979. ...

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Arctic Ocean may turn into ‘polluted soup’ by 2070

August 7th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, August 7 (ANI): A climate model has predicted that global warming, combined with nuclear waste, may make the Arctic Ocean a polluted soup by the year 2070. According to a report in ...

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Alaska Blob: Oceanic ‘UFO’ (Unfathomable Floating Object)

July 17th, 2009 - 6:29 pm ICT by GD -
In what appears to resemble a Hollywood sci-fi flick, a recent bit of intriguing environmental news has zapped the scientific community, who seem to be at a loss to identify a ...

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Huge blob of mysterious Arctic goo may be biological in origin

July 17th, 2009 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 17 (ANI): Huge blob of mysterious goo floating through the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic Ocean has baffled experts, who say the stuff might be biological. The blob is thick and ...

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Arctic could teem with life by 2030 due to global warming

July 9th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 9 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have said that as global warming removes the Arctic's icy lid, the region is expected to teem with life by the year 2030. ...

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NASA spacecraft reveals dramatic thinning of Arctic sea ice

July 8th, 2009 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 8 (ANI): Data from a NASA Earth-orbiting spacecraft has revealed a dramatic thinning of Arctic sea ice between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick ...

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Scientists see dramatic increase in amount of fresh water in Arctic Ocean

July 5th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new study by scientists has shown a dramatic increase in the amount of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean. Fresh water flowing into or out of the Arctic ...

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Scientists see dramatic increase in amount of fresh water in Arctic Ocean

July 5th, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new study by scientists has shown a dramatic increase in the amount of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean.Fresh water flowing into or out of the Arctic ...

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Scientists see dramatic increase in amount of fresh water in Arctic Ocean

July 5th, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new study by scientists has shown a dramatic increase in the amount of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean.Fresh water flowing into or out of the Arctic ...

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Scientists develop new cleaning protocol for future ’search for life’ missions

June 9th, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 9 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new cleaning protocol for space hardware, such as the scoops of Mars rovers, which could be used on future "Search for Life" missions on ...

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Gruelling Arctic mission to study impacts of global warming ends

May 14th, 2009 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI -
London, May 14 (ANI): The Catlin Arctic Survey, a gruelling 10-week expedition to measure the thickness of sea-ice that will help study the impacts of global warming in the region, has ended. ...

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UK explorer aims to set new Arctic endurance record

May 8th, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI -
London, May 8 (ANI): UK explorer Adrian Hayes aims to set a new Arctic endurance record. This time the Dubai-based adventurer is hoping to make the longest unassisted Arctic Polar journey in ...

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Global warming maybe poisoning food for Arctic people (Re-Issue)

April 19th, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI -
London, April 19 (ANI): In a new research, a team of scientists has found that global warming is not just transforming the land for the Arctic people, but it is also poisoning ...

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Global warming maybe poisoning food for Arctic people

April 18th, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI -
London, April 18 (ANI): In a new research, a team of scientists has found that global warming is not just transforming the land for the Arctic people, but it is also poisoning ...

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Arctic Ocean to lose ice cover in 30 years

April 3rd, 2009 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, April 3 (IANS) Thanks to the acceleration in global warming, the Arctic Ocean will lose its ice cover in the next 30 years, says a new study, and not in 100 ...

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Asiatic turtle migrated to America over a tropical Arctic

February 2nd, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS -
Toronto, Feb 2 (IANS) Fossils of a tropical fresh water Asian turtle that surfaced in Arctic Canada suggest they migrated to North America not around Alaska but directly across a freshwater sea ...

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Ancient turtle rode freshwater wave to migrate from Asia to North America

February 2nd, 2009 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have found a surprise fossil of a tropical, freshwater, Asian turtle in Arctic Canada, which suggests that the ancient animal migrated from ...

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Climate change has been most significant in recent decades, says study

November 7th, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 7 (ANI): A new study has determined that while Earth experienced numerous changes in climate over the past 65 million years, recent decades have experienced the most significant climate ...

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Arctic ice melt in 2008 has been fascinating and alarming, say scientists

October 6th, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI -
Ottawa, Oct 6 (ANI): Climate scientists have said that the melting of the Arctic ice this year has been fascinating and alarming. According to a report in the Vancouver Sun, so much ...

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After 3.5 millon years, Pacific creatures set to invade Atlantic

August 11th, 2008 - 10:05 am ICT by IANS -
Toronto, Aug 11 (IANS) With global warming hastening the shrinkage of the Arctic Ocean ice cover, scientists have warned that the North Pole may face ice-free summers as early as 2013. Further, ...

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Ice cover in Arctic Ocean in 2008 will lie below that of 2005

July 10th, 2008 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 10 (ANI): Based on a model study, climate scientists have estimated that the ice cover in the Arctic Ocean at the end of summer 2008 will lie, with almost ...

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Volcanic eruptions fire Arctic ice bottoms

June 26th, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, June 26 (IANS) Volcanic eruptions deep below the icy bottom of Arctic Ocean are spewing splintered, fragmented rock, even though intense weight and pressure of water rules them out in theory. ...

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Evidence of explosive volcanism in Arctic Ocean seen for first time

June 26th, 2008 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 26 (ANI): An international team of researchers has provided evidence of explosive volcanism in the deeps of the ice-covered Arctic Ocean for the first time. The researchers were led by ...

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Polar Bears left vulnerable after being listed as threatened, not endangered

May 15th, 2008 - 1:46 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 15 (ANI): Polar bears have been listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA), rather than endangered. According to a report in Nature News, Dirk Kempthorne, the ...

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Russian bombers conduct patrol over Arctic Ocean

May 14th, 2008 - 10:28 pm ICT by admin -
RIA Novosti Moscow, May 14 (RIA Novosti) Two Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers have carried out a routine patrol over remote areas of the Arctic that lasted for almost 20 hours, a Russian air ...

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Ancient graves being dragged out to sea

May 4th, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 4 (ANI): As climate change is accelerating soil erosion in the Alaskan Arctic, ancient graveyards are being dragged out to sea. Archaeologists are trying to preserve the remains of the ...

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