Science ; As ice thaws, arctic peoples at loss for words
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Science News, Iceland, What are the words used by indigenous peoples in the Arctic for &quot;hornet,&quot; &quot;robin,&quot; &quot;elk,&quot; &quot;barn owl&quot; or &quot;salmon?
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For 5,000 years, great tongues of ice have spread over the 3-mile-high slopes of Puncak Jaya, in the remotest reaches of this remote tropical island. Now those glaciers are melting, and Lonnie Thompson must get there before they're gone.
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New research is raising concerns that global warming may be triggering a self-perpetuating climate time bomb trapped in once-frozen permafrost.
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By MICHELLE MACAFEE  WINNIPEG (CP) - About 40 scientists from the University of Manitoba are preparing for one of the largest research projects ever to be conducted in the Arctic.
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IQALUIT, Nunavut Territory -- Simon Nattaq lost both feet to frostbite when his snowmobile crashed through the ice, made thin by rising Arctic temperatures.
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The United States and the seven other countries with Arctic territory today expressed concern about profound changes in the Arctic climate and said they would consider new scientific findings
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EDMONTON - A comprehensive scientific study of the Arctic climate has confirmed what Canadian Dene and Inuit have been saying for years: the North is melting, and faster all the time.
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For years, geologists and devoted amateurs have lobbied for a regional trail dedicated to ice-age floods. At last, their efforts may pay off.
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Are we really heading for an ice-free Arctic? More than 50,000 researchers hope to find an answer during a massive study of how global warming and other phenomena are changing the coldest parts of the Earth &#151; and what that means for the rest of it.
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Arctic sea ice shrank to the smallest area on record this year, researchers in the US confirm.
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A team of explorers will head to the Arctic this winter to measure the thickness of the ever shrinking sea ice.
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Arctic sea ice in winter is melting far faster than before, two new NASA studies reported Wednesday, a new and alarming trend that researchers say threatens the ocean's delicate ecosystem.
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An international team of scientists says the Arctic is warming much more rapidly than previously known because of the burning of fossil fuels around the world.
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The Arctic is under increasing stress from warming temperatures as shrubs colonize the tundra, changing wildlife habitat and local climate conditions, researchers said Wednesday.
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The ice-cloaked Arctic Ocean was once apparently a warm, biologically brewing basin, scientists say.
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Arctic plant seeds are able to migrate the distances needed to survive climate changes, scientists suggest.
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REYKJAVIK: Arctic people aim to team up with tropical islanders in a campaign against global warming, arguing that polar bears and palm-fringed beaches stand to suffer the most.