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Between July 29th and August 13th parents, students, educators and polar enthusiasts can visit the www.studentsonice.com/arctic2009 Students on Ice Arctic Youth Expedition 2009 website to share all of our expedition moments. We will be posting photos, journal entries and expedition … Read more
The impacts of global warming will be particularly dramatic for the Arctic and Antarctica. In this animation, we look more closely at the consequences for the Arctic.
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These 3-micrometer-wide needle-shaped fossils of marine algae from the genus Synedropsis indicate that sea ice first formed in the Arctic Ocean at least 47.5 million years ago. (Credit: C. Stickley/University of Tromsø, Richard Pearce/National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton) Signs of ancient … Read more
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Close up of a melting glacier. A runaway spurt of global warming 55 million years ago turned Earth into a hothouse but how this happened remains worryingly unclear, scientists said. (AFP/File/Jorge Vinueza) Mystery mechanism drove global warming 55 million years … Read more
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On August 6, Students on Ice plans to visit the hamlet of Clyde River, Nunavut, as part of the Students on Ice – International Polar Year Arctic Youth Expedition 2009. Celebrating the establishment of Niginganiq National Wildlife Area with Clyde … Read more
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2009 INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR FILM FESTIVAL – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The Canadian Film Institute, working in partnership with the International Polar Year, is seeking entries for the International Polar Year Film Festival. The International Polar Year is an event with … Read more
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The Rise of ‘Super’ Greenhouse Gases The chemicals that replaced ozone-depleting substances in refrigerators, air conditioners and insulating foam have been found to possess heat-trapping power hundreds or thousands of times that of carbon dioxide. And scientists say the problem … Read more
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Greenlandic fisherman Johannes Heilmann poses for a photo in front of the shipping harbor of Nuuk fjord. From his trawler that motors along the Nuuk fjord, Heilmann has watched helplessly in recent years as climate change takes its toll on … Read more
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Fossil diatom algae of Cretaceous age from the Alpha Ridge of the Arctic Ocean. (Credit: Image courtesy of National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK) Arctic Climate Under Greenhouse Conditions In The Late Cretaceous Science Daily (July 17, 2009) — New evidence … Read more
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Recently declassified high-resolution satellite photos, such as this one from the Canadian Fram Strait, could provide scientists with more detailed information about Arctic sea ice melting. (Credit: Global Fiducials Library/USGS) ARCTIC IMAGES DECLASSIFIED High-resolution photos could provide detailed information about … Read more
