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Bacterium from Canadian High Arctic Offers Clues to Possible Life on Mars
The recent discovery of a
bacterium that is able to
thrive at minus 15 degrees
Celsius, the coldest
temperature ever reported
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Changing Arctic: What Should Be Done?
In two critical reports
released at the Arctic
Council Ministerial Meeting
in Kiruna, Sweden on May
15th, scientists helped
inform an international body
of senior government
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Research Into Carbon Storage in Arctic Tundra Reveals Unexpected Insight Into Ecosystem Resiliency
When a doctoral student and
her advisor went north not
long ago to study how
long-term warming in the
Arctic affects carbon
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As Canada Takes Arctic Council Helm, Experts Stress North's Vulnerability to Spills, Emergencies
It is crucial that northern
nations strengthen response
capabilities to
shipping-related accidents
foreseen in newly-opened
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- Bacterium from Canadian High Arctic Offers Clues to Possible Life on Mars
- Changing Arctic: What Should Be Done?
- Research Into Carbon Storage in Arctic Tundra Reveals Unexpected Insight Into Ecosystem Resiliency
- As Canada Takes Arctic Council Helm, Experts Stress North's Vulnerability to Spills, Emergencies
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Ice-Free Arctic May Be in Our Future, International Researchers Say
May 9, 2013 — Analyses of the longest continental sediment core ever collected in the Arctic provide "absolutely new knowledge" of Arctic climate from 2.2 to 3.6 million years ago. The research has major ... > full story -
Dietary Flexibility May Have Helped Some Large Predators Survive After Last Ice Age
May 8, 2013 — During the late Pleistocene, a diverse assemblage of large-bodied mammals inhabited the "mammoth steppe" of northern Eurasia and Beringia. Of the large predators -- wolves, bears, and big cats -- ... > full story -
You Are What (and Where) You Eat: Mercury Pollution Threatens Arctic Foxes
May 6, 2013 — New scientific results show that arctic foxes accumulate dangerous levels of mercury if they live in coastal habitats and feed on prey which lives in the ... > full story -
Scientists Investigate Release of Bromine in Polar Regions
April 26, 2013 — Researchers have employed a novel measurement device for new studies in ... > full story -
Mammal and Bug Food Co-Op in the High Arctic
April 24, 2013 — Who would have thought that two very different species, a small insect and a furry alpine mammal, would develop a shared food arrangement in the far ... > full story -
Sunlit Snow Triggers Atmospheric Cleaning, Ozone Depletion in the Arctic
April 24, 2013 — Researchers have discovered that sunlit snow is the major source of atmospheric bromine in the Arctic, the key to unique chemical reactions that purge pollutants and destroy ... > full story -
Remote-Sensing Study Quantifies Permafrost Degradation in Arctic Alaskan Wetlands
April 18, 2013 — Geoscientists has achieved unprecedented detail in quantifying subtle, long-period changes in the water levels of shallow lakes and ponds in hard-to-reach Arctic ... > full story -
Bear Baiting May Put Hunting Dogs at Risk from Wolves
April 17, 2013 — Wisconsin permits bear baiting for much longer than Michigan does. Wisconsin also pays reparations for wolf attacks on hunting dog, but Michigan doesn't. These factors make Wisconsin's risk of wolf ... > full story -
Scientists Discover New Materials to Capture Methane
April 16, 2013 — Scientists have discovered new materials to capture methane, the second highest concentration greenhouse gas emitted into the ... > full story -
Arctic Nearly Free of Summer Sea Ice During First Half of 21st Century, Experts Predict
April 12, 2013 — For scientists studying summer sea ice in the Arctic, it's not a question of "if" there will be nearly ice-free summers, but "when." And two scientists say that "when" is sooner than many thought -- ... > full story
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