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NOAA's Arctic
U.S. scouts out territory in Arctic; ice-cover loss could be worst ever |
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12 Aug 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:09 PM on 12 Aug 2008 U.S. scientists will head to the Arctic this week on a quest to map the ocean floor, and will collaborate with Canada on a surveying trip in September. The two nations -- and their Arctic-bordering compatriots Russia, Denmark, and Norway -- are scrambling to measure their respective continental shelves, with an eye to claiming as much as they can of the estimated 90 billion bar ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, Canada, climate, climate change impacts, news, oil and gas drilling, scientific research, United States (all these topics) |
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Shrinky-Dinky Do
Great Lakes, Arctic sea ice shrinking to record lows |
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14 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Shrinky-Dinky Do Great Lakes, Arctic sea ice shrinking to record lows It could be a summer of record lows in two of the world's iconic places: the Great Lakes and the Arctic seas. Water levels in Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior are well below normal, and Superior could soon hit a record low set in 1926. The U.S. and Canada have undertaken a five-year study that c ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, Canada, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Man, the Arctic is Hot
Russia plants flag under North Pole, India launches its first Arctic expedition |
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03 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Man, the Arctic is Hot Russia plants flag under North Pole, India launches its first Arctic expedition Earlier this week, we reported that Russia was planning to stake a claim on the North Pole. Or, rather, the seabed deep underneath. Yesterday, two mini-submarines planted a titanium national flag on the sea floor, causing celebration in Moscow and consternation in Canada, which a ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, Canada, India, news, Russia, scientific research, United States (all these topics) |
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Thou Shalt Not Passage
Canada, U.S. debate shipping rights in legendary Northwest Passage |
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06 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Thou Shalt Not Passage Canada, U.S. debate shipping rights in legendary Northwest Passage Remember when we said Canadians were needy? Well, get a load of this: they want to maintain control over shipping rights in the legendary Northwest Passage, just because they own it. The nerve! With climate change melting Arctic ice, the Atlantic-to-Pacific byway -- long traveled seasonally by ice-breakers and stealthily by submar ... |
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