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International polar day, 21 September 2007: Sea ice

The first of a series of International Polar Days focus on the snow and ice in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Alarming discoveries about reduced sea ice…

Ancient whale fall from California's Año Nuevo Island one of youngest, most complete known

A fossilized whale skeleton excavated 20 years ago amid the stench and noise of a seabird and elephant seal rookery on California's Año Nuevo Island turns out…

Virtual globes visualise the Earth's environment

Dr Jon Blower from the University of Reading and colleagues were awarded `Best Paper' at the UK e-Science All Hands Meeting in Nottingham this week for their…

Satellites witness lowest Arctic ice coverage in history

In the mosaic image above, created from nearly 200 images acquired in early September 2007 by the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) instrument aboard…

The sea-ice is getting thinner – A closer look at the climate and ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean

50 scientists have been on board the Research ship- Polarstern for two and a half months, their main aim; to carry out research on the sea-ice areas in the…

Gray whales a fraction of historic levels, genetic research says

Gray whales in the Pacific Ocean, long thought to have fully recovered from whaling, were once three to five times as plentiful as they are now, according to a…

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