Scientists to explore Arctic Ocean ridge
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The Gakkel Ridge, encased under the frozen Arctic Ocean, is steep and rocky, and scientists suspect its remote location hosts an array of undiscovered life. Researchers hope newly developed robots will give them their first look at the mysterious ridge located between Greenland and Siberia.
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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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Scientists gather to discuss their preferred targets for the next "flagship" mission to another world.
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An accelerating thaw of the Arctic may open vast regions for oil and gas exploration but that brings worries of spills in the fragile environment, experts said Thursday.
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Scientists recently returned from a deep-ocean expedition say they are a step closer to understanding how life thrives around cracks spewing scalding water at the bottom of the ocean.
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Here be monsters, me biodiverse buckaroos Researchers from Australia, France and Japan have returned to port from the Southern Ocean following a two-month jaunt to probe the icy depths, which yielded some impressive footage of the abyss as well as a range of hitherto-unknown Antarctic sea monsters.â¦
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NASA scientists reported that higher temperatures and a retreat of the sea ice over the last two winters offered new evidence that the gases were influencing the ArcticÂs climate.
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A Coast Guard reconnaissance team is heading to the far north this week to scope out a final frontier that is opening up to ship traffic in a warming Arctic climate.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday granted "hero" awards to scientists backing Russia's claim to a mountain range under the Arctic Ocean that is believed to contain huge oil and gas reserves.
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Norwegian scientists report finding a  treasure trove  of fossils belonging to giant sea reptiles that once roamed the Arctic sea about 150 million years ago.Comment
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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.
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Famed undersea explorer Robert Ballard is leading a team of scientists heading into the Gulf of Mexico for a weeklong examination of Texas' ancient shoreline to see if anybody may have lived there.
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An ocean drilling project finds methane ices at much shallower depths than expected.
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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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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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Science & environment: An armada of robot submarines and marine sensors are to be deployed across the Atlantic
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The Arctic is undergoing rapid and possibly irreversible change, according to a new report prepared for the eight nations which rim the region.