Huge polar study about to begin
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The largest polar research programme for 50 years, by thousands of scientists, gets under way this week.
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Description: A study released Monday that says that global warming is particularly intense in the Arctic. The melting of glaciers, thinning sea ice and changes in permafrost have acute impacts on Arctic residents
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PARIS, Aug 19 (IPS) - Over the next two years a team of scientists aboard  the French schooner "Tara" will sail the Arctic Ocean to  study the consequences of global climate change in the polar ice  environment.
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MONDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDayNews) -- The largest study of its kind has come up with hard, cold numbers that pinpoint the risk of lung cancer for smokers and former smokers.
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BRUNSWICK, Maine, Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- A four-year study documenting accelerated climate changes in the Arctic released this week raised major concerns about global warming and its immediate effect on indigenous populations.
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An ambitious two-year effort aims to understand the vital, shifting dynamics of ice, oceans and life at the ends of the earth.
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Scientists have worries about the Arctic warming as they have determined that the ice in Greenland and the Arctic is melting too rapidly .
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Two polar explorers are to embark on a 4,300km trek across the Arctic to collect data and highlight climate change.
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Researchers from two London hospitals will take part in a massive international study of Alzheimer&#39;s disease starting next spring.
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Description: New evidence is reported that rising global temperatures could have rapid effects on the Antarctic ice pack and on ocean levels.
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Plant material and pink ice found at the bottom of the ice sheet under this wind-swept camp could give scientists an unprecedented look at life that&#39;s
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LONDON, Feb 14 (IPS) - In the morass of statistics on global warming,  consider just the broad figures of the story so far, and the  story that leading scientists would like to see unfold.
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Scientists find many regions on Earth that once had permanent frozen ground are now experiencing a thaw.
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A report will describe a growing body of evidence that warming is likely to cause a profound transformation of the planet.
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Preparations are on track for the launch of a new NASA Mars  lander early next month to search for subsurface water and potential life in the red planet&#39;s arctic northern  region.
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By SUE BAILEY  OTTAWA (CP) - Melting ice and Arctic health will get millions of dollars in federal funds Thursday as Ottawa kicks off International Polar Year.
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More than 60 nations launch the broadest scientific investigation yet of the Arctic and Antarctic on Thursday to chart polar regions on the front lines of global warming.