2-Year Study of Polar Changes Set to Begin
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The effort by scientists from more than 60 countries aims to understand the dynamics of life at the ends of the earth.
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Shrinking ice sheets and melting glaciers are making northern seas less salty, researchers say.
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Scientists from the US reconstruct a 40,000-year record of climate change at the South Pole.
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More than 60 nations started the biggest scientific investigation of the Arctic and Antarctic on Thursday amid new evidence that global warming is thawing polar ice and raising sea levels.
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As the annual hurricane season begins, scientists are pressing on a number of fronts to learn how to tell with greater precision when and where they will strike.
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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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Environmental researchers said climate change is changing the way scientists view the future of ocean resources off the U.S. West Coast.
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The first thorough assessment of a decadeslong Arctic warming trend shows the region is undergoing profound changes, including sharp retreats of glaciers and sea ice, thawing of permafrost
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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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EDMONTON (CP) - 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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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 2--It's even more predictable than the weather. Plenty of people,  when they hear that an international panel of scientists is saying today that  it's "very likely" human activity is causing global warming, will point to  Thursday's winter storm.
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Scientists try to figure out how far off the next ice age is.
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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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Previously undiscovered lakes under Antarctica may help improve our understanding of the interaction between global warming and the melting icepack. Plus: New climate accord sought. By the Associated Press.
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Researchers begin an exhaustive study to determine exactly how global warming is changing polar conditions and threatening the Earth's balance. By the Associated Press.
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OSLO, Norway  - Schoolteachers Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen will set off in search of a new polar record next week, planning to ski, walk and even swim during a 100-day trek across the Arctic Ocean from Russia to Canada.
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Rivers of ice at the Equator &#151; foretold in the 2nd century, found in the 19th &#151; are now melting away in this new century, returning to the realm of lore and fading photographs.