Scientists Ready Big Study of North and South Poles
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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 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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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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A NASA-led team is studying the construction of a railway in space for a pair of telescopes that will provide views of planet, star, and galaxy formation in unprecedented detail. The proposed Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT) mission will also examine the atmospheric chemistry of giant planets around other stars.
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Denmark aims to show the North Pole belongs to it and is sending an expedition to try to prove that the seabed there is a natural continuation of Danish territory, the Science Ministry said on Monday.
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Saturn's chilly north pole boasts a hot spot of compressed air, a surprising discovery that could shed light on other planets within our own solar system and beyond, researchers said on Thursday.
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Braving some of the world's coldest temperatures and wickedest winds, researchers are drilling ice cores in Antarctica to answer questions about global climate change.
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REINE, Norway  - "It's as if the Earth ends with these islands," says Bogumil Lewandowski, a Polish construction worker living on Norway's Lofoten Islands, north of the Arctic Circle.
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WASHINGTON, DC, Nov 1 (OneWorld) ï¿½ With only eight weeks left before the elves finish their work and Santa Claus mounts his sleigh, an eight-nation study on global warming co-sponsored by the United States has concluded that the North Pole is melting
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Monday's flyby, the first visit in 33 years, is expected to render new images and data that can shed light on the origins of the solar system.
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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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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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Plasma physicists have made an unprecedented measurement in their study of the Earth's magnetic field.
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Polar explorer Will Steger will lead a team across Canada's Baffin Island to document the ways global warming is impacting humans in the far north.
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Senior scientists at Waikato University, who are trying to understand past changes to New Zealand's climate, are to collaborate with a world-leading German researcher who has been awarded a Julius von Haast ...
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Scientists are peering into the clouds near the top of the world, trying to solve a mystery and learn something new about global warming.
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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