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RV Polarstern completes work in the Fram Strait

The German Research Vessel Polarstern had to prove its ice breaking capabilities in Arctic waters to gain data on two series of long-term research measurements.

Scientists Will Assess Beijing Olympics Air Pollution Control Efforts

As the Summer Olympics in Beijing kicks off today, the event is affording scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, a once-in-a-lifetime…

Cracking the Question of Extraterrestrial Life

With average temperatures of minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit, an almost nonexistent atmosphere and a complex web of cracks in a layer of ice encompassing the…

Ecosystem Services: a New Approach to Conservation

Environmental conservation efforts have traditionally focused on protecting individual species or natural resources. Scientists are discovering, however, that…

Arctic Map plots new ‘gold rush’

The new map design follows a series of historical and ongoing arguments about ownership, and the race for resources, in the frozen lands and seas of the…

Investigating sea ice decline

Chances that the 2008 ice extent will fall below last year's record minimum is about 8 percent, researchers forecast after having run a number of different…

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