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Posted November 27, 2012:
- Embracing Data 'Noise' Brings Greenland's Complex Ice Melt Into Focus
- Thawing of Permafrost Expected to Cause Significant Additional Global Warming, Not Yet Accounted for in Climate Predictions
Posted November 26, 2012:
- Shrubs Lend Insight Into a Glacier's Past
- Ancient Microbes Found Living Beneath the Icy Surface of Antarctic Lake
- Alaska's Iconic Columbia Glacier Expected to Stop Retreating in 2020
- First 'Breathing Lung' Transplant in United States
Posted November 23, 2012:
- Climate Change Evident Across Europe, Confirming Urgent Need for Adaptation
- Norway's Oil Industry Working in Extreme Conditions
Posted November 21, 2012:
- Emperor Penguins Budget Time for Short Rests on Ice During Chick-Rearing Season
- Ocean Currents Play a Role in Predicting Extent of Arctic Sea Ice
Posted November 19, 2012:
- Hold the Ice: Chemists Reveal Behavior of Antifreeze Molecules
- Four-Degrees Briefing for the World Bank: The Risks of a Future Without Climate Policy
Posted November 16, 2012:
- Himalayan Glaciers Will Shrink by Almost 10 Percent, Even If Temperatures Hold Steady
- Creating a Coating of Water-Repellent Microscopic Particles to Keep Ice Off Airplanes
Posted November 15, 2012:
- Robotic Explorers May Usher in Lunar 'Water Rush'
- America's Ancient Hurricane Belt and the U.S.-Canada Equator
Posted November 14, 2012:
- New Dating of Sea-Level Records Reveals Rapid Response Between Ice Volume and Polar Temperature
- Melting Glaciers Raise Sea Level
Posted November 13, 2012:
- Warming Temperatures Will Change Greenland's Face, Experts Predict
- Injectable Sponge Delivers Drugs, Cells, and Structure
Posted November 12, 2012:
- Protective Eyewear Reduces Eye, Head, and Facial Injuries, Field Hockey Study Shows
- Mongolia and the Altai Mountains: Origins of Genetic Blending Between Europeans and Asians
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Posted November 8, 2012:
- Two New Emperor Penguin Colonies in Antarctica
- Historic Coral Collapse on Great Barrier Reef
- Carbon Dioxide: Our Salvation from a Future Ice Age?
Posted November 5, 2012:
- Climate Modeler Identifies Trigger for Earth's Last Big Freeze
- Massive Volcanic Eruption Puts Past Climate and People in Perspective
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Posted November 1, 2012:
- Why Seas Are Rising Ahead of Predictions: Estimates of Rate of Future Sea-Level Rise May Be Too Low
- Nereidum Montes Helps Unlock Mars' Glacial Past
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Posted October 23, 2012:
- Opposite Behaviors? Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks, Antarctic Grows
- Biologists Record Increasing Amounts of Plastic Litter in the Arctic Deep Sea
Posted October 22, 2012:
- Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequences of Ancient New Zealanders
- Rapid Changes in the Earth's Core: The Magnetic Field and Gravity from a Satellite Perspective
- New Understanding of Antarctica's 'Weight Loss': Sea Level Is Rising With Little Apparent Contribution from Antarctica
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Posted October 18, 2012:
- Tropical Collapse in Early Triassic Caused by Lethal Heat: Extreme Temperatures Blamed for 'Dead Zone'
- 'Time-Capsule' Japanese Lake Sediment Advances Radiocarbon Dating for Older Objects
- Prehistoric Human Populations Prospered Before the Agricultural Boom, Research Suggests
Posted October 17, 2012:
- Giant Impact Scenario May Explain the Unusual Moons of Saturn
- Mathematics and the Ocean: Movement, Mixing and Climate Modeling
- Doing Nothing Might Be Best Management Decision for Forests Destroyed by Wind or Ice

