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Voyage to the most isolated base on EarthParis (ESA) Feb 03, 2012 Alexander Kumar, the next ESA-sponsored crewmember to stay in Concordia, has arrived safely at the research base in Antarctica. The voyage to one of the remotest places on Earth takes even longer than the voyage to the International Space Station. The international outpost's programme of research includes glaciology, human biology and the atmosphere. ESA uses the base to prepare for future long-duration missions beyond Earth. Concordia is an ideal place to study the effects on small, multicu ... read more |
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 Study may answer longstanding questions about Little Ice Age A new international study may answer contentious questions about the onset and persistence of Earth's Little Ice Age, a period of widespread cooling that lasted for hundreds of years until the late ... more | .. |
 What really happened prior to 'Snowball Earth'? In a study published in the journal Geology, scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science suggest that the large changes in the carbon isotopic comp ... more | .. |
 Glaciar theft: Chilean police recover stolen ice Police on Monday were investigating a criminal gang that allegedly stole blocks of ice from the Jorge Montt Glacier in southern Chile. ... more | .. |
 Norway wants to block China from Arctic Council: report Norway wants to block China's bid for observer status on the Arctic Council after a diplomatic row over the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, Norwegian daily Aftenposten said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Alaskan farewell to Russian tanker after fuel run A Russian tanker's crew headed for home Saturday - warmed by a pizza-and-beer sendoff - after delivering fuel in a dramatic winter operation helped by a US ice-breaker ship. ... more | .. |
 Satellites detect abundance of fresh water in the Arctic ESA satellites show that a large dome of fresh water has been building up in the Arctic Ocean over the last 15 years. A change in wind direction could cause the water to spill into the north Atlanti ... more | .. |
 Russian ship leaves after ice-bound Alaska fuel run A Russian tanker left the Alaskan coast Saturday bound for home after delivering fuel to a remote Alaskan port, in an unprecedented winter operation helped by a US Coast Guard ice-breaker. ... more | .. |
 US, Russia to conduct joint Antarctica inspection The United States and Russia will jointly inspect foreign facilities in Antarctica to make sure environmental and other responsibilities under the 1959 Antarctica Treaty are being met, the State Department said Saturday. ... more |
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 Engineering team completes ambitious Antarctic expedition in the 'deep-field' A team of four British engineers has returned to the UK after completing a gruelling journey to one of the most remote and hostile locations on the planet to put in place equipment and supplies for ... more | .. |
 Eyeing resources, India, China, Brazil, Japan, other countries want a voice on Arctic Council With an eye on rapid changes in the resource-rich Arctic, countries like China, India and Brazil, which have no Arctic territories, are nonetheless knocking on the door of the increasingly influenti ... more | .. |
 Denmark names first Arctic envoy Denmark, which is planning to lay a claim to the North Pole sea bed, on Tuesday named its first permanent envoy to the resource-rich Arctic. ... more | .. |
 Russian ship to pump fuel to ice-bound Alaska port A Russian ship carrying vital fuel to a remote Alaskan port could finally deliver its load Saturday after battling through some 300 miles (480 km) of Arctic ice, the US Coast Guard said. ... more |
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 Next Ice Age Delayed For Thousands Of Years Warn Scientists Unprecedented levels of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are disrupting normal patterns of glaciation, according to a study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher and published ... more | .. |
 Russian river water unexpected culprit behind Arctic freshening A hemispherewide phenomenon - and not just regional forces - has caused record-breaking amounts of freshwater to accumulate in the Arctic's Beaufort Sea. Frigid freshwater flowing into the Arc ... more | .. |
 'Dramatic' loss of harp seals amid warming: study Harp seal pups off the coast of eastern Canada are dying at alarming rates due to a loss of winter ice cover, according to US scientists who questioned on Wednesday if the population will be able to recover. ... more | .. |
 New species found in deep antarctic waters British researchers say they've discovered extraordinary new species of animals living near hydrothermal vents below the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean. ... more |
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 China plans Tibetan plateau exploration China says it will send researchers to a large stretch of uninhabited land on the Tibetan plateau to study a range of issues in the so-called no man's land. ... more | .. |
 'Lost world' discovered around Antarctic vents Communities of species previously unknown to science have been discovered on the seafloor near Antarctica, clustered in the hot, dark environment surrounding hydrothermal vents. The discoveries, mad ... more | .. |
 Glacial tap is open but the water will run dry Glaciers are retreating at an unexpectedly fast rate according to research done in Peru's Cordillera Blanca by McGill doctoral student Michel Baraer. They are currently shrinking by about one per ce ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Wins Major US Antarctic Program Support Contract Lockheed Martin has been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to operate and maintain the support infrastructure for the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), which enables universiti ... more |
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 In hot water: Ice Age findings forecast problems The first comprehensive study of changes in the oxygenation of oceans at the end of the last Ice Age (between about 10 to 20,000 years ago) has implications for the future of our oceans under global ... more | .. |
 CryoSat ice satellite rides new waves ESA's CryoSat mission has been gathering detailed information on the thickness of Earth's ice since its launch in 2010. Through international collaboration, this state-of-the-art mission is soon to ... more | .. |
 Season's greetings from the other extreme It is summer in Antarctica and the new crew for the Concordia research station will soon arrive. And since the place is second only to space for harsh conditions, they have been trained courtesy of ... more | .. |
 Using new technology to record Antarctic Ocean, ice temperatures Half-mile long thermometers have been dropped through the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica that will give the world relevant data on sea and ice temperatures for tracking climate change and its effect o ... more |
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