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The Phoenix lander mission to the Red Planet arrived in the northern regions of Mars in 2008, and immediately started conducting its studies, which were aimed at discovering water-ice beneath the surface. It didn't take long for it to discover the stuff, as, during landing, its “feet” dug into ice on... |
18 November 2009
03:56 GMT |
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In spite of looking like a giant stretch of ice in the Northern Pacific, Greenland fulfills a number of functions in the region, not the least important of them being the fact that it helps keep the North Pole cool. The way it manages to accomplish that is by being large and white, in the purest of senses. Light comi... |
13 November 2009
11:04 GMT |
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In a development that could have serious implications on our planet's future, scientists announce that the multi-year ice that once adorned the North Pole is all but gone at this point. In its stead, seasonal ice, that freezes and then melts every year, seems to be the primary form of frozen water at the locatio... |
2 November 2009
03:30 GMT |
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Experts have always thought that lower atmospheric temperatures help keep glaciers frozen in ice sheets, or on mountaintops, but new measurements from a NASA satellite show that ice spreads play a crucial role in keeping temperatures low. Greenland is especially important in this scheme, as its ices reflect back a la... |
29 October 2009
05:50 GMT |
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On Wednesday, British explorer Pen Hadow set off, alongside colleague Ann Daniels, on a new expedition to the North Pole, meant to determine the exact situation on-scene. Satellite information can be reliable, but at times it's best to make sure for yourself, scientists say, because the reality at the scene coul... |
12 February 2009
12:01 GMT |
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The worsening state of the Arctic remains hidden only from those who stubbornly argue that global warming is a fantasy. The latest study published by the United Nations weather agency, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), says that the ice in the Arctic region recovered a little bit from the low levels it reg... |
18 December 2008
08:19 GMT |
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Soot, as in black and impure carbon particles that are emitted in the atmosphere as a result of the incomplete burning of fuel in car engines and factories, has now been identified as one of the main accelerators of Arctic ice meltdown, say scientists attending the UN Climate Conference in Poznan, Poland. The Europea... |
5 December 2008
10:27 GMT |
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Since 30 years ago, when the European Space Agency (ESA) began measuring the thickness and spread of the ice sheets covering the North Pole, ice levels were never as low as they were in 2007. Increasing amounts of carbon in the atmosphere, as well as human activities, continue to heat up our planet, and increasing te... |
3 December 2008
05:16 GMT |
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Though the middle of the Arctic ice sheet is considered to be the "real" North Pole, there are, in fact, two North Poles on our planet, as there are two South Poles as well. While the geographic pole is simply a projection, determined by humans, the magnetic pole is another story completely. It's not an abstract... |
2 December 2008
03:34 GMT |
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The father of science-fiction, Jules Verne, was undoubtedly a visionary man, since many of the things he imagined were shifted to reality at some point. Others, though, didn't.The second most translated author in history (after the most prodigious crime-novel author Agatha Christie), Jules Verne is still one of ... |
1 October 2008
03:40 GMT |
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Pocketwatch Games has released Venture Arctic for Mac OS X users running Panther or higher. The Tycoon title doesn't feature any human beings and players aren't asked to build necessities for the animals right from the get-go. You simply pick up on the game and create your own ecosystem - "nature is at your... |
17 July 2008
06:01 GMT |
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The attention shifts again from the Arctic ice sheet to Antarctica as the European Space Agency's Envisat satellite showed how over the past month or so, a large ice sheet stretching between the Charcot and Latady Islands in the Antarctic Peninsula, known as the Wilkins Ice Shelf, started to break up again, for ... |
11 July 2008
09:52 GMT |
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The news regarding climate change has recently gone from bad to the very worst. By predicting the weather and ocean conditions in the following months researchers discovered that there is a relatively good chance than at the end of this summer there will be little or no ice left at the North Pole. The probability of ... |
1 July 2008
05:26 GMT |
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On the evening of May 25, the Phoenix Mars Lander successfully touched down in the northern regions of the Red Planet. As it descended to the surface of Mars, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - monitoring the progress of the Phoenix spacecraft - captured ... |
27 May 2008
02:46 GMT |
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New radar investigations with NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter probing the north pole of Mars revealed that the Red Planet is much colder than previously believed, meaning that any previous hope of finding liquid water near the surface of the planet has been shattered. Nevertheless, liquid water could still be... |
16 May 2008
04:12 GMT |
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What better evidence for the coming of spring than the appearance of the aurora borealis, or most commonly known as the northern lights? Well, at least astrologically speaking, in the context of ever wobbling clime. For some unknown reason, it seems that the aurora borealis phenomenon takes place only during the spri... |
5 March 2008
03:45 GMT |
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It seems that the Arctic ice masses are melting at incredible speeds lately, as this year, scientists recorded the largest quantity of ice melting in history. With the help of measurement made over the last five years, they were able to determine that more than half of the Arctic ice has been melting in the meantime.... |
13 December 2007
09:20 GMT |
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