Under All That Ice, Maybe Oil
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The ice-cloaked Arctic Ocean was once apparently a warm, biologically brewing basin, scientists say.
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For an imaginary point in the midst of an ice-capped sea, the North Pole is a surprisingly hot piece of real estate.
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PARIS - Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane.
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So long, hydrocarbons; hello, aluminum.
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With dwindling oil supplies, pollution concerns and the ever-present threat of gas prices soaring again, talk of new and better ways to fuel our cars, heat and cool our homes, and power our factories has never been greater. What's more, the conversation is emanating increasingly from a source that's been surprisingly quiet until recently &#151; the oil companies themselves.
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PARIS, Sept. 15 -- Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane.
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The fate of many key Arctic species could be determined by the thinning of sea ice, according to the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
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New technology has made it possible to unlock more oil from old fields, allowing companies to go after reserves that are harder to reach.
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Scientists find four big lakes under the ice of Antarctica which may help explain how ice flows into the sea.
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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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Military families across America often endure hardship when a loved one ships out. But there are not many places in the U.S. where those left behind have to chop ice out of the tundra for drinking water and make sure the freezer is well-stocked with walrus and seal meat.
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Scientists try to figure out how far off the next ice age is.
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Ice cores drilled from under the floor of the Arctic Ocean show it was once warm enough for swimming.
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Ice can be loaded with dirt and, by consequence, fragments of ancient DNA that have been preserved by the cold.
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By Lisa Gutierrez, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Jan. 31--The good and the bad news on those chemical deicing products you throw down on your sidewalk? Yes, they'll burn up the ice for you.
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An oil discovery by Chevron Corp. has bolstered prospects that petroleum companies will be able to tap giant reserves that lie far beneath the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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The energy source of the future may be stores of methane cached beneath the ocean floor and under Arctic permafrost, scientists say.