University of Manitoba to Carry Out Canada's Largest Int'L Polar Year Project
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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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Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet -- and more -- in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks and even tell fishermen where the catch will be abundant.
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The warming Arctic is again making news, with a heap of findings unveiled at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.
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A Nasa satellite records major changes to ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean between 2004 and 2005.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Beijing, 23 September: Chinese scientists will carry out a research expedition to the central area of China's largest uninhabited region in October.
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By Barry, Patrick Finding a single heavy antimatter nucleus could revolutionize cosmology When summer comes to Antarctica this December, a group of physicists there will launch an enormous balloon carrying a scientific instrument through Earth's atmosphere to the edge of space.
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YELLOWKNIFE - The most comprehensive study of Arctic climate change ever made has some dramatic news for Canada&#39;s North. The report, which will be released next week, says that the most rapid climate change on earth is happening in the Arctic.
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Science & environment: Innovative study suggests scientific solutions to global transport problems within the next 50 years.
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By Frank Urquhart  A MAJOR initiative to lessen the impact of the north-east of Scotland's "global footprint" on the world's environment is to be launched.
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Researchers plant a tracking beacon on a two-billion-tonne block of ice floating off the Canadian Arctic coast.
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University programs are focusing research and resources on environmental and social responsibility.
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A U.S. scientist says the discovery of interconnected lakes miles under Antarctic ice might be one of the most important scientific finds in recent years.
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An international project to document the sea life of Antarctica is likely to reveal new species among the dinner-plate sized sea spiders and other overgrown animals of the deep, scientists said Wednesday.
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The recently announced Virgin Earth Challenge&#8212;the biggest science prize in history&#8212;aims to find a commercially viable way to combat global warming.
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The European polar satellite MetOp-A, launched last year, is already improving weather predictions and will soon help global environmental and security monitoring, scientists said here Monday.
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The Belgian-based International Polar Foundation on Wednesday unveiled what it claimed to be the world's first zero-emissions polar science station in Antarctica to conduct research on climate change.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba Miguel Joyal is thinking Styrofoam.