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Both the North and South poles are undergoing unprecedented changes as a result of man-made climate change. What does this mean for the region's wildlife and natural resources as countries make claims for territory?
November 10, 2008 |
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How letting nations establish territorial claims on Antarctica could save its threatened marine ecosystems
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With the melting of Arctic Ocean ice, the fabled waterway between Europe and Asia has been open to shipping the past two summers--or has it?
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The year 2009 will see a rendezvous between science, politics and big business in the high Arctic
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When sea ice disappears some polar inhabitants advance, whereas others retreat
Fifth installment of our series from marine geophysicist Robin Bell who is leading an expedition to Antarctica to explore a mysterious mountain range beneath the ice sheet
Fourth installment of our series from marine geophysicist Robin Bell who is leading an expedition to Antarctica to explore a mysterious mountain range beneath the ice sheet
Third installment of our series from marine geophysicist Robin Bell who is leading an expedition to Antarctica to explore a mysterious mountain range beneath the ice sheet
Second installment of our series from marine geophysicist Robin Bell who is leading an expedition to Antarctica to explore a mysterious mountain range beneath the ice sheet
First installment of our series from marine geophysicist Robin Bell who is leading an expedition to Antarctica to explore a mysterious mountain range beneath the ice sheet
Marine geophysicist Robin Bell is leading an expedition to Antarctica to explore a mysterious mountain range beneath the ice sheet and will be updating Scientific American's readers regularly. Following are her initial thoughts as she--and her team--prepare to set off.
Examining the state of the science on climate change
The permanent Arctic ice cap dwindled to a record low this week, presaging a future of a summertime Northwest Passage and obscuring fog
U.S. mulls creating Bering Sea fish preserve as salmon and other species migrate north
The Interior Department lists the polar bear as a "threatened" species--one at risk of becoming endangered--due to dangerous declines in their sea ice habitat
Weather patterns can permanently shift in as little as a year, according to the records preserved in an ice core from Greenland
Earth-monitoring satellites are being used to track everything from deforestation to the spread of plankton in the Arctic Ocean
New estimates show that frozen Arctic soil contains far more potential greenhouse gas than previously recognized--and could speed climate change as it melts
Winter ends in the Arctic earlier than a decade ago
Abundant liquid water newly discovered underneath the world's great ice sheets could intensify the destabilizing effects of global warming on the sheets
How a warming climate leads to freezing penguins, with journalist and author Jon Bowermaster, who has kayaked the world's seas, most recently in Antarctica
It's official: The South Pole is also succumbing to human-induced climate change
Some say high, some say low, some say fast, some say slow
Scientists from around the globe embark on a two-year effort to explore and boost understanding of Earth's poles
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