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 Stories About: Antarctica AND climate change impacts AND scientific research
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Oh No You DDT
Melting Antarctic glaciers may be releasing DDT, says study |
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27 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:44 AM on 27 May 2008 Adélie penguins in the Antarctic are as chock-full of pesticide DDT as they were in the 1970s, even though global DDT use has dropped 80 percent in the past three decades, says new research published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Researchers speculate that climate change is at fault -- honestly, is there anything climate change is not mucking up? -- as concentratio ... |
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| Topics: Antarctica, climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research, toxics (all these topics) |
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Journey to the bottom of the Earth
CBS airs final segment of Antarctica series tonight |
Katy Balatero |
13 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| CBS has been televising a series this week on climate change impacts in Antarctica. Monday's broadcast spotlighted how climate change has affected Adelie penguin populations. The segment last night focused on scientific research in Antarctica and what it might mean for our understanding of global warming (see video below). You can tune in tonight at 6:30 pm EST to find out about waste and recycling issues in our least-inhabited continent. |
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| Topics: Antarctica, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, recycling, scientific research, TV, waste, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Antarctic'ed Off
Antarctica ice melt more widespread and faster than thought, says study |
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14 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:48 PM on 14 Jan 2008 Antarctica holds about 90 percent of the Earth's ice, so it's a bit problematic that the continent seems to be melting faster than expected. Not only is large-scale ice loss more widespread than thought, but the rate of meltiness has accelerated over the last decade, says a study in the journal Nature Geoscience. The West Antarctic ice sheet lost about 132 billion tons of ic ... |
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| Topics: Antarctica, climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research (all these topics) |
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Fire and Ice
Global warming in action in the Antarctic |
Gary Braasch |
06 Aug 1999 |
Main Dish |
| The scene is breathtaking, even mystical. Four searchlight beams arrow down from above me to a vanishing point over dark water. Sea fog sweeps in along the beams and occasionally an iceberg is illuminated. From the left, a small, pale full moon is just showing over the clouds. I am on the bridge of the National Science Foundation research icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer, approaching the Antarctic Circle along the A ... |
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| Topics: Antarctica, climate change impacts, scientific research (all these topics) |
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