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Cold and Color Under The Ice
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Rick Morris tells us what it it took for him to dive and shoot in the harsh Arctic environment
Interesting Photographs Of Life In Antarctica's Waters
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Interesting photographs of life found on the British Antarctic Survey
Amazing Jellyfish Photographs
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National Geographic posted photographs of some very interesting jellyfish in deep arctic ocean.
Underwater Photography In The Arctic
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Rick Morris profiles Shawn Harper, an underwater photographer who specializes in diving underneath the ice of the Arctic.
Underwater Photography To Monitor Deep Fishing In Antarctic
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A new voyage will try to measure the impact of bottom fishing in the Antarctic using underwater photography methods
Krill Sex
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Preliminary research at the Australian Antarctic Division's krill aquarium has shown that the annual cycle of krill maturation and reproduction can be altered by a period of darkness immediately...
Locating Penguin Feces?
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Penguin poo (guano) stains, visible from space, have helped British scientists locate emperor penguin breeding colonies in Antarctica. Knowing their location provides a baseline for monitoring...
Rare White Elephant Seal Photographed
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A white southern elephant seal has been spotted on a sub-Antarctic beach
Images Reveal Clues to Sea-Level Rise
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Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey are using sonar technology to obtain images of the seafloor in the Amundsen Sea.
Mercury Levels in Arctic Seals Linked to Melting Ice
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Researchers in Canada are reporting for the first time that high mercury levels in certain Arctic seals appear to be linked to vanishing sea ice caused by global warming
Arctic CO2 Levels Spike
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The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a record high
Seals from Land to Ocean
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Canadian scientists have discovered a new fossil said to be the link of how seals evolved from land mammals
Limiting Antarctic Tourism
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Countries with ties to Antarctica have adopted US proposals to limit tourism in the region, in a bid to protect the fragile ecosystem of the continent
Bacteria Found Thriving Beneath Antarctic Glacier
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Hidden in the bone-chilling dark beneath an Antarctic glacier, a colony of strange bacteria is thriving
New Estimate Of Ice Free Arctic Waters
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The latest satellite data on Arctic ice thickness show continued melting
Antarctic Ice Bridge Snaps, Indicates More Warming
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An ice bridge linking a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica to two islands in Antarctica has snapped
Arctic Sea Monster "Predator X", Fossil Discovered
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A giant fossil sea monster found in the Arctic had a bite that would have been able to crush a 4x4 car, according to its discoverers
ROV Searches 60 km Under Antarctic Ice Shelf For Signs Of Melting
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Autosub, a robot submarine built and developed by the UK's National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, has successfully completed a high-risk campaign of six missions traveling under an Antarctic...
South Korea Wants Whale Quota If Japan Gets Deal
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Anti-whaling groups fear South Korea and other countries will try to resume whaling if Japan gets permission for limited catches on its coasts in return for stopping so-called "scientific" whaling...
Phytoplankton Changing Along the Antarctic Peninsula
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As the cold, dry climate of the western Antarctic Peninsula becomes warmer and more humid, phytoplankton – the bottom of the Antarctic food chain – is decreasing off the northern part the peninsula...
New Species Discovered in The Bellingshausen Sea
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The new species of Antarctic fish, Gosztonyia antarctica, has been discovered at a depth of 650 metres in the Bellingshausen Sea in the Antarctic Ocean
Arctic Sea Partly Closed to Fishing
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federal fishery panel voted Thursday to close off a large swath of the Arctic sea to commercial fishing
Sea Level Discrimination
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According to new research carried out by geophysicists if the entire West Antarctic Ice Sheet melts sea level rise will be about 6-7 meters
Antarctica Has More Species Than Galapagos
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he first comprehensive "inventory" of sea and land animals around a group of Antarctic islands reveals a region that is rich in biodiversity and has more species than the Galapagos.
Polar Bears Dying
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Polar bears are dying out in the remote Arctic region of Chukotka because of melting ice and increased killing by humans
Art Meets Science In The Arctic
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An expedition in Greenland involves a scientific team and an art team.
Record Low Ice Levels Means Bad Day For Polar Bears
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On Wednesday, the Arctic Sea ice reached a second record low.
Largest Squid Ever Caught And Dissected
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The Colossal squid was caught in Antarctica and dissected.
Polar Bears Swimming off Alaskan Coast
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Officials witnessed a group of nine polar bears swimming in the open waters of the Chukchi Sea, a sign of even tougher times to come
Dive Antarctica - Change of Plans
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DPG Expeditions is planning a trip to Antarctica
Increased Icebreakers in the Arctic
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U.S. Officials fear it is loosing the ability to monitor and protect the Arctic
Anti-Whalers Facing Charges from Japan
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Japan has officially issued arrest warrants against anti-whaling activists who interviened in Antarctic whaling in 2007
Antarctic Climate v. Tropical Pacific
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Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have studied Antarctic ice cores linking them to changes in the Pacific Ocean
Southern Seals Sample Salty Seas
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Elephant seals are helping scientists study temperature and salinity changes in the Southern Ocean
Pacific Shellfish Ready To Invade Atlantic
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As the Arctic Ocean warms this century, shellfish, snails and other animals from the Pacific Ocean will resume an invasion of the northern Atlantic that was interrupted by cooling conditions three...
Who's Top Predator?
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Already threatened by a thaw of ice around the North Pole, the polar bear's title as the top Arctic predator may under challenge from a shark
Mystery Of Arctic Explosion And Dead Whales Likely To remain
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An explosion that allegedly killed several whales in Canada's Northwest Passage in late July will likely remain a mystery.
Expedition Witnesses Major Break-Off Of Arctic Ice Shelf
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Pax Arctica expedition first on the ice to witness major break-off of Arctic ice shelf around Ward Hunt Island
"New" Killer Whale Types at Risk From Antarctic Warming
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Two newly identified types of killer whales that hunt prey off of Antarctic sea ice risk losing food sources to global warming and melting
Boiling Hot Water Found in Frigid Arctic Sea
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Many miles inside the Arctic Circle, scientists have found elusive vents of scalding liquid rising out of the seafloor at temperatures that are more than twice the boiling point of water
Whale playground offers glimpse into Russia's melting Arctic
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Young whale pokes its melon-shaped head into the cool morning air near this remote island, a sign its herd is thriving despite mounting threats in Russia's melting Arctic
Hundreds of Baby Penguins Found Dead in Brazil
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Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin experts said
Fragile Antarctic Marine Life Pounded By Icebergs: Biodiversity Suffering
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Antarctic worms, sea spiders, urchins and other marine creatures living in near-shore shallow habitats are regularly pounded by icebergs
Geologists Discover Signs of Volcanoes Blowing Their Tops in The Deep Ocean
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A research team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has uncovered evidence of explosive volcanic eruptions deep beneath the ice-covered surface of the Arctic Ocean
Whales Set to Chase Shrinking Feed Zones
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Endangered migratory whales will be faced with shrinking crucial Antarctic foraging zones which will contain less food and will be further away, a new analysis of the impacts of climate change on...
Even the Antarctic winter cannot protect Wilkins Ice Shelf
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Wilkins Ice Shelf has experienced further break-up with an area of about 160 kmA‚A? breaking off from 30 May to 31 May 2008. ESA's Envisat satellite captured the event - the first ever-documented...
Antarctic Ice Causes Glacial Earthquakes
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Scientists have discovered their first icequake, if you will - a movement of a huge stream of ice in Antarctica that creates seismic waves, just like an earthquake, and can be felt hundreds of...
Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice
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Dramatic evidence of the break-up of the Arctic ice-cap has emerged from research during an expedition by the Canadian military
"Brittle Star City" Found on Antarctic Seamount
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A teeming horde of brittle stars has been discovered atop an undersea mountain chain near Antarctica, challenging long-held assumptions about the ecological role of such submerged peaks, known as...
Japanese Whalers Stealing Meat
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Greenpeace on Thursday accused Japanese whalers of stealing meat from the country's annual research hunt in the Antarctic and selling it on the black market
Antarctic Melt Releasing DDT, Tainting Penguins
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Poisonous chemicals that had been locked in ice for decades are now being released as climate change melts Antarctic glaciers, researchers report
'Sex Pest' Seal Attacks Penguin
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An Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin
Climate Change Warms Arctic, Cools Antarctica
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The Arctic and Antarctica are poles apart when it comes to the effects of human-fuelled climate change, scientists said on Friday: in the north, it is melting sea ice, but in the south, it powers...
Preserving Arctic Fisheries Before Harvesting Them
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U.S. mulls creating Bering Sea fish preserve as salmon and other species migrate north
Narwhals More at Risk to Arctic Warming Than Polar Bears
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The polar bear has become an icon of global warming vulnerability, but a new study found an Arctic mammal that may be even more at risk to climate change: the narwhal
New Zealand Squid Thaw Put on Ice
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Technicians in New Zealand have postponed until Monday the delicate process of defrosting a colossal squid caught in Antarctic waters last year
Giant Animals Found In Antarctic Search
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Scientists who conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of New Zealand's Antarctic waters were surprised by the size of some specimens found, including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and...
'Cold and Painful Death' Await Seal Cubs
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Hundreds of newborn seal cubs risk dying of hunger and cold because global warming is making ice in the Arctic Circle melt too fast
Protester Says Whalers Shot Him
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An anti-whaling campaigner says he has been shot by Japanese sailors while protesting over their hunting activities in the Antarctic
Antarctic Fish's Winter 'Sleep'
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The Antarctic cod puts itself into a state similar to hibernation for the winter, researchers have found, which is highly unusual for a fish
Sea Reptile is Biggest on Record
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A fossilised "sea monster" unearthed on an Arctic island is the largest marine reptile known to science, Norwegian scientists have announced
Antarctic Krill Found in Waters 3,000 Meters Deep
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Shrimp-like krill can thrive in icy waters 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) deep off Antarctica as well as near the surface, according to a study on Monday
Antarctic Glaciers Surge to Ocean
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UK scientists working in Antarctica have found some of the clearest evidence yet of instabilities in the ice of part of West Antarctica
Scientists Capture Giant Antarctic Sea Creatures
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Scientists studying Antarctic waters have filmed and captured giant sea creatures, like sea spiders the size of dinner plates and jelly fish with six meter (18 feet) tentacles
Warming Risks Antarctic Sea Life
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Unique marine life in Antarctica will be at risk from an invasion of sharks, crabs and other predators if global warming continues, scientists warn
Australia Has 'Shocking' Evidence Of Japan's Whaling
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Australia has "shocking" photographic evidence to back an international legal bid to stop Japanese whaling in Antarctic waters, the government says.
Understanding How River Carbon Impacts The Arctic Ocean
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Arctic rivers transport huge quantities of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to the Arctic Ocean
King Penguins Declining Due o Global Warming
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King penguins near the Antarctic may be on a perilous path to extinction as a result of global warming, new research suggests.
UNH-NOAA Ocean Mapping Expedition-New Insights into Arctic Depths
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New Arctic sea floor data released today by the University of New Hampshire and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggests that the foot of the continental slope off Alaska is...
Video: Grisly Whaling Video Released
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To call attention to Japanese whaling practices, the Australian government released video captured on the ocean near Antarctica
Scientists Discovers Six New Species Of Fish In Indian Ocean
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Working aboard the Royal Research Ship Discovery, Dr. Nikki King was part of a team on the Benthic Crozet project, a research initiative investigating biodiversity off the Crozet Islands, a small...
New Zealand PM Warns Off Whalers
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New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark warned Japanese whaling ships on Friday that surveillance photos of the fleet revealing their location would be published if they entered New Zealand's...
Japanese PM defends whaling
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has called for a calming of emotions over whaling, defending his country's controversial Antarctic hunt as scientific research
First Evidence of Under-Ice Volcanic Eruption in Antarctica
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The first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica's most rapidly changing ice sheet is reported this week in the journal Nature Geosciences
The White House and The Whales
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The fight over how humans should, and should not, interact with whales has moved from the waters off Antarctica, where environmental campaigners have been harassing Japanese whalers, to the White...
Australia to Act on Whaling Row
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Australia says it will send a ship to collect two activists from a Japanese whaling vessel, in a bid to end a two-day Antarctic stand-off
Exploration Of Lake Hidden Beneath Antarctica's Ice Sheet
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A four-man science team led by British Antarctic Survey's (BAS) Dr Andy Smith has begun exploring an ancient lake hidden deep beneath Antarctica's ice sheet
Sea Shepherd Shuts Down Antarctic Whale Hunt
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"All whaling activities have come to a halt," said Captain Paul Watson from onboard the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ship Steve Irwin
Antarctic Ice Loss
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Increasing amounts of ice mass have been lost from West Antarctica
Greenpeace 'Heads Off Whale Ship'
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Greenpeace conservation activists say they have disrupted the Japanese whale hunt near Antarctica's coast by chasing a factory ship out of the whaling zone
Older Arctic Sea Ice Replaced by Young, Thin Ice
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A new study by University of Colorado at Boulder researchers indicates older, multi-year sea ice in the Arctic is giving way to younger, thinner ice, making it more susceptible to record summer...
Australian Ship Seeks Out Whalers
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An Australian patrol ship tasked with monitoring Japan's whaling fleet has departed from the western city of Perth for waters off Antarctica
Cause of Arctic Thaw May Lie 10km from Earth
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The dramatic loss of the Arctic ice cap may have been triggered by disruption to the thermal layers of atmosphere stacked over Earth's far north
Clues to Waterproof Glue Found in Antarctic Creature
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For 20 years, Sam Bowser, a scientist at the New York State Department of Health's Wadsworth Center, has dived the frigid, yet surprisingly, biologically rich-waters of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica,...
Alaska Sea Drilling Will Harm Animals, Groups Say
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Environmental groups are condemning a government plan to open sea floor off the northwest coast of Alaska to petroleum leases, saying the decision was based on incomplete information and seriously...
2008 Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition
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From sub-Arctic waters off northern Canada to the freshwater springs of North Florida, the search for the year's best wildlife photographer has begun
Rare Penguin Found in Antarctica
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A type of penguin which rarely survives until adulthood has been photographed near Mawson's Hut in Antarctica
Whalers Become The Hunted
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The Greenpeace ship Esperanza has arrived in Antarctic waters and has begun hunting for the Japanese whaling fleet
Antarctica's Adelie Penguins Extinct in a Decade?
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Adelie penguins in Antarctica are in the midst of a major upheaval as climate change causes their icy habitat to warm up, experts say
Rich Life Emerges From Nature's Freezer
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The Arctic ice supports, literally, the polar bear, a half-tonne behemoth of creamy-white fur and muscle and claws you would not argue with
Japan Drops Humpback Whale Hunt
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A controversial Japanese mission to hunt humpback whales in the Antarctic has been temporarily abandoned, a top government official says
Canberra to Monitor Japan Whalers
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Australia will send a patrol ship and aircraft to monitor Japan's whaling fleet off Antarctica, the government in Canberra has said
Calls for Restraint as Whaling Season Begins in Antarctic Waters
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There have been calls for restraint in whaling activism following the departure of several anti-whaling groups from Australia and New Zealand this week
Ice Boat Details Ozone Collapse
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The dramatic springtime collapse of surface ozone in the Arctic has been documented by scientists
Walruses Die; Global Warming Blamed
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In what some scientists see as another alarming consequence of global warming, thousands of Pacific walruses above the Arctic Circle were killed in stampedes earlier this year after the...
Arctic Sea Ice Gone in Summer Within Five Years?
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An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer-a sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point.
One scientist even...
Arctic Expeditions Find Giant Mud Waves, Glacier Tracks
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Scientists gathering evidence of ancient ice sheets uncovered a new mystery about what's happening on the Arctic sea floor today.
Sonar images revealed that, in some places, ocean currents have...
Penguins in Peril as Climate Warms
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The penguin population of Antarctica is under pressure from global warming, according to a WWF report.
The report, Antarctic Penguins and Climate Change, shows that the four populations of...
Apathy in the face of whale slaughter
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This morning, in the grey swells of the Southern Ocean, a pirate ship will enter the waters of the Australian Antarctic Territory. It is a black ship, bearing a black pirate flag, the Jolly Roger....
How Desert Dust Feeds the World's Oceans
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In mid-February, at the height of Austral summer, the sun in the Antarctic never sets. Nor did the work ever stop for University of Hawaii oceanography professor Chris Measures and his team of...
Penguins Safely Lower Oxygen to "Blackout" Levels
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Emperor penguins may have a supercharged form of a blood protein that allows them to dive underwater for more than 20 minutes on a single breath, a new study suggests.
The research showed that...
Record Breaking Year for Climate
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The past year has seen more weather records smashed as extreme events take a firmer hold of the planet, says WWF at the start of the UN climate change conference.
The overview from the global...
Sunken Antarctic cruise ship leaves oil spill, threatening 2,500 penguins
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About 2,500 penguins en route to their Antarctic mating grounds could be sickened by a diesel fuel spill from a Canadian cruise ship that struck an iceberg and sank last week.
A marine biologist...
Climate change and life in the Southern Ocean
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A ten-week expedition to the Lazarev Sea and the eastern part of the Weddell Sea opens this year's Antarctic research season of the German research vessel Polarstern. On the evening of November 28,...
Orcas: Amos Nachoum Reports From the Field
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Amos Nachoum reports from the field on an Orca expedition to the fjords of the high Arctic
Humpback, fin whales appear in Arctic Ocean
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A federal agency that regulates offshore oil drilling says Alaska's northern coast had unusual visitors this summer -- endangered humpback whales.
Humpback whales off Alaska generally are not seen...
DEMA 2007: Complete Coverage
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The 2007 DEMA show was a lot of fun this year. We got to see and play with the newest diving and underwater photography gear, we learned about new destinations and shooting opportunities, spent...
Less Arctic Ice Means Higher Risks, Experts Warn
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according to a statement released yesterday. The statement was released during a five-day conference held at ESRIN, ESA's Earth Observation Centre in Frascati, Italy, in which operational ice...
Ancient Cataclysm Rearranged Pacific Map, Study says
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A cataclysm 50 million years ago changed the face of the planet from the Hawaiian Islands to Antarctica, according to new research. The collapse of an underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean...
Birth Of An Iceberg
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This animation, comprised of images acquired by Envisatus Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) instrument, shows the breaking away of a giant iceberg from the Pine Island Glacier in West...
Global Warming Good For Greenland?
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For some in Greenland these days, the grass is looking greener.
Rapid thawing brought on by global warming on the world's largest island has opened up new opportunities for agriculture,...
Southern Ocean Guardian Wins WWF Conservation Medal
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WWF's highest accolade, the Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal, has been awarded to Dr Denzil Miller, Executive Secretary for the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living...
Explorers' Quest For Key Ice Data
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Research shows that for three decades, sea ice cover in the region has been shrinking; and this summer, figures revealed a record withdrawal - the smallest area covered by sea ice since the...
Arctic Muds Reveal Sea Ice Record
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A new technique to track changes in the extent of Arctic sea ice over the past 1,000 years is being developed by a UK team from the University of Plymouth.
The scientists are studying sediments...
Research Shows Whales' Surprising Travels
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Humpback whales from the South Pacific take different, winding routes to their summer feeding grounds in the Antarctic, often making several stops along the way, according to new research from the...
Namibia Limits Fish Catches
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New limits on catches of the endangered Patagonian toothfish, regarded as a culinary delicacy in Japan, have been imposed by a Namibia-based regional fishing organisation.
Hashali Hamukuaya,...
Canada Invests 42.5 Million To Protect Its Ocean Waters
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Canada on Tuesday announced an investment over three years of 42.5 million dollars (US) in conserving and protecting its territorial waters, especially the Arctic Ocean.
About half that amount,...
Whaling Battle Moves To YouTube
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The Australian government has launched an anti-whaling message aimed at Japanese children on video-sharing internet site YouTube.
In the video, which carries Japanese subtitles, Environment...
Mysteries Of The Rheic Ocean Beginning To Unravel
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The Evolution of Rheic Ocean: From Avalonian-Cadomian Active Margin to Alleghenian-Variscan Collision addresses long-standing controversies surrounding the ocean's origin, paleogeography, and...
Receding Ice Displaces Alaska Walrus
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Thousands of walrus have appeared on Alaska's northwest coast in what conservationists are calling a dramatic consequence of global warming melting the Arctic sea ice.
Alaska's walrus,...
Diving Polar Bear Confirms Inuit Observations
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The Inuit people of the Arctic have always known about it. But no outsiders have witnessed it for 200 years: a polar bear fishing. Not by scooping the fish out of the water like a brown bear - but...
Arctic Melt Unnerves The Experts
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The Arctic ice cap shrank so much this summer that waves briefly lapped along two long-imagined Arctic shipping routes, the Northwest Passage over Canada and the Northern Sea Route over Russia....
Fishing Polar Bear Confirms Inuit Legend
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Inuit people of the Arctic have always known about it, but no outsiders have witnessed it for 200 years: a polar bear fishing. Not by scooping the fish out of the water like a brown bear - but by...
In Hot Water: Ice Age Defrosted By Warming Ocean
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Warmer waters in the deep Pacific triggered the end of the last ice age, preceding the rise in greenhouse gas levels.Earth's climate can be sensitive, changing after a variety of events. A volcanic...
Winners Of ANZANG 2007
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ANZANG Nature is an organisation focused on the unique natural heritage of the bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea u" continents and islands cast from the great southern...
Climate Change: Lasers Used To Check Sea Ice
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An Australian-led expedition is using lasers on helicopters in Antarctica and satellites for the first time to determine whether sea ice in the Southern Ocean is changing in response to climate...
Arctic Ice 'starts Winter Growth'
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Scientists monitoring the Arctic say the sea ice appears to be growing again after undergoing a record retreat.
The US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said the minimum extent of 4.13...
Sea Ice Is Getting Thinner
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Large areas of the Arctic sea-ice are only one metre thick this year, equating to an approximate 50 percent thinning as compared to the year 2001. These are the initial results from the latest...
Scientists Baffled By Arrival Of Rare Seals
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TARONGA ZOO marine specialists are fighting to save the life of the second Antarctic leopard seal to be washed up on a Sydney beach in a week.
Found stranded yesterday morning at Clontarf, the...
Time Running Out For Polar Bears
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A new report on the fate of polar bears in a world of climate change predicts disaster for one of the world's most charismatic species, says WWF.
The report by the US Geological Survey predicts...
Most Polar Bears Lost By 2050
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Two-thirds of the world's polar bear population could be gone by midcentury if predictions of melting sea ice hold true, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Friday.
The fate of polar bears...
Arctic Narwhal Proves It's The True Prince Of Whales
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This is the extraordinary animal that surely gave birth to a legend.
For it would have been hard to believe that the sight of such a bizarre creature could be anything less than either an...
Pollution Stunts Canada's Beluga Whales
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The beluga whales make a shrill sound as they stick their noses out of the water, watched by conservationist Michel Moisan. They are a rare sight this far south -- and the chemicals washing into...
Vast Ice Island Trapped In Arctic
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The Ayles Ice Island changed the Arctic map by breaking free from the Canadian coast two years ago.
Scientists have been tracking the progress of this monster iceberg amid fears that it could...
U.S. Draws Map
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In the Arctic this week, researchers aboard the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy are mapping claims to the spoils of global warming.
North of Alaska, the 23 scientists of the Healy are...
Arctic Ice At All-Time Low
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There is less sea ice in the Arctic than ever before recorded, thanks in part to a warm, sunny summer, a climate scientist said today. And the melting season isn't even over.
"It's...
Global Conveyor Belt 2007: Hamster Wheel Or Hemicuda?
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Some new waves, pun intended, are being generated this week concerning the meridional overturning circulation (MOC). You are already familiar with the MOC as the ocean conveyor belt. To refresh...
Australia Discovers Ocean Missing Link
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Australian scientists have identified one of the last missing links which shows how the world ocean system is interconnected in governing global climate.
New research shows that a current...
Seals Wired To Collect Deep-Sea Data
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Sea creatures dwelling in the freezing waters at the bottom of the world hold many secrets, including clues to growing changes in global climate.
Now one of the top predators in these waters...
Fishing Restraints Save Species
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California Fish and Game Commission recently voted to close approximately 200 square miles of coastal waters and declared them off-limits for fishing this summer.
This ocean protection plan...
Video: Penguin Drama Unfolds As Antarctica Heats Up
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AdA??’A‚A©lie, chinstrap, gentoo, and emperor might sound like characters in a fantasy novel.
But in reality they are penguin species from Antarctica, where life in a winter wonderland is...
Russians To Dive Below North Pole
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Russia is sending a mini-submarine to explore the ocean floor below the North Pole and find evidence to support its claims to Arctic territory.
Two parliamentarians, including veteran explorer...
Erosion May Send Alaska Oil Wells Into The Ocean
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Alaskan oil wells could be swallowed by the ocean as rising temperatures speed up erosion of the state's Arctic coastline.
The disappearance of sea ice that shields against storm-waves, and of...
Japan Accused Of Killing Pregnant Whales
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More than half of about 500 whales killed by Japan in Antarctic waters during the last southern summer were pregnant, the Humane Society International (HSI) charged on Tuesday.
The global arm of...
Researchers Plumb Mysteries Of Antarctic Mountains
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The 3,000-kilometer-long Transantarctic Mountains are a dominant feature of the Antarctic continent, yet up to now scientists have been unable to adequately explain how they formed. In a new study,...
Penguins Changed Diet Due To Whaling, Study Suggests
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Extensive whale and seal hunting in Antarctica over the past 200 years appears to have triggered a shift in the diet of AdA??’A‚A©lie penguins, a new study suggests.
The seabirds abandoned fish...
Small Melting Glaciers Will Speed Sea Level Rise, Study Says
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The rapid melt of small glaciers and mountain ice caps will be the main source of sea level rise over the next century, according to a new study.
The research, led by Mark Meier of the...
Southern Ocean's Climate Effects Studied
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Florida State University has received a $2.6 million grant through the U.S. National Science Foundation to study the Southern Ocean's climate effects.
The project involving the ocean that...
New Undersea Images Challenge Prevailing Ideas About The Antarctic Ice Sheet
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Images of areas below the Eastern Ross Sea, next to West Antarctica, provide evidence that the subcontinent was involved in the general growth of the Antarctic Ice Sheet as it formed many millions...
Giant Penguins May Have Roamed Peru
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Giant penguins as tall as 5 feet roamed what is now Peru more than 40 million years ago, much earlier than scientists thought the flightless birds had spread to warmer climes. Known mostly for...
Undersea Search Begins For Life At Top Of The World
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Ice-covered and isolated, the Arctic Ocean has been stingier with its deepest secrets than any other of Earth's oceans. It might as well be on another planet.
Now, armed with a unique set of...
Study: Icebergs Create Ocean 'hot Spots'
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A U.S. study suggests Antarctic icebergs created by global climate change are having a major ecological impact.
The study, led by oceanographer Ken Smith of California's Monterey Bay Aquarium...
Arctic Ocean History Is Deciphered By Ocean-drilling Research
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Sediment cores retrieved from the Arctic's deep-sea floor by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program's Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX) have provided long-absent data to scientists who report new...
Departure To Cold Water Corals And Other 'hot Spots'
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The research vessel, Polarstern leaves Bremerhaven for its 22nd Arctic expedition with a new shine, to begin its first work in the International polar year.
Bremerhaven, 24 May 2007. With a new...
Antarctic 'treasure Trove' Found
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An extraordinarily diverse array of marine life has been discovered in the deep, dark waters around Antarctica.
Scientists have found more than 700 new species of marine creatures in seas once...
Deep-Sea Alien Abode Discovered
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Carnivorous sponges, blind creepy-crawlies adorned with hairy antennae and ribbed worms are just some of the new characters recently found to inhabit the dark abysses of the Southern Ocean, an...
Canon Europe And WWF Helps To Save The Polar Bear
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Canon Europe, world-leader in imaging solutions, and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the global conservation organisation, have announced increased collaboration to support the tagging and tracking of...
Churning Sea Surprises Ocean Watchers
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A newly found eddy in the current that sweeps around Antarctica may force scientists to rethink the powerful computer models that simulate ocean circulation, a new study suggests.
As the oceans...
More On Bottom Trawling Ban - Great News
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A landmark agreement has been reached to end high seas bottom trawling, one of the world's most destructive fishing practices, in nearly a quarter of the world's oceans.
The deal, made at an...
Arctic Sea Ice Shrinking In A Downward Spiral
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Winter sea ice in the Arctic has failed to reform fully for the third year in a row. Scientists said this week that the area of ocean covered by Arctic ice at the end of the winter months was lower...
Whales' Journey Into Record Books
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It is one of the most remarkable journeys by any creature on the planet - and it is made by one of the biggest creatures known to science.
Researchers have shown that humpback whales travelling...
Anti-whaling Ship 'can't Enter Tokyo'
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GREENPEACE'S anti-whaling ship Esperanza has been "effectively banned" from docking in Tokyo, a spokeswoman for the environmental group said today, less than a day before it hoped to...
Record Giant Squid Put On Ice
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A colossal half-ton squid, believed to be the largest ever caught, may be destined for the microwave oven.
But researchers say they don't want to cook the massive creature - just defrost...
Still Waters - The Global Fish Crisis
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[from this month's National Geographic Magazine] The Mediterranean may lose its wild bluefin tuna. High-tech harvesting and wasteful management have brought world fish stocks to dangerous lows....
Mussels Hitch A Ride To Antarctica
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Icy Antarctica, the frozen continent, is so cold and so remote that no alien species could possibly survive there, right? Well, not really, as a young Stellenbosch University postgraduate student...
Don't Mention The Polar Bears, Bush Tells US Scientists
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The Bush Administration has been accused once again of gagging US government scientists by getting them to agree not to talk about polar bears, sea ice and climate change during official overseas...
Greenpeace Ship To Head To Japan
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Environmental group Greenpeace's anti-whaling ship Esperanza sailed into Sydney Harbour today to re-supply after protesting against Japanese whalers in the Antarctic.
It will then heads to Japan...
Japan's Plan To Hunt Humpback Whales Likely To Spark Outrage
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Anti-whaling nations New Zealand and Australia vowed Thursday to continue the fight to end Japan's annual whale hunts, warning that its plans to kill humpback whales off Antarctica in December...
WWF Launches Marine Protection Campaign In The Southern Ocean
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With the official launch of the International Polar Year today, WWF is looking to stop unsustainable fishing, marine pollution and climate change in the Southern Ocean.
In particular, the global...
Huge 'Ocean' Discovered Inside Earth
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Scientists scanning the deep interior of Earth have found evidence of a vast water reservoir beneath eastern Asia that is at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean.
The discovery marks the first...
Whales And Dolphins In Japanese Pet Food
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They said analysis carried out earlier this year on samples of pet food purchased near Tokyo revealed levels of both Antarctic minke whale and dolphin meat. "The fact that Japan is using whale...
Gases 'strangling' Southern Ocean
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The pristine Southern Ocean, which swirls around the Antarctic and absorbs vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, is slowly losing a fight against industrial gases responsible for...
Vanishing Ice Shelf Reveals Exotic Animals
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Spindly orange sea stars, fan-finned ice fish and herds of roving sea cucumbers are among the exotic creatures spied off the Antarctic coast in an area formerly covered by ice, scientists reported...
Strange New Creatures Found In Antarctica
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Several strange creatures including a psychedelic octopus have been found in frigid waters off Antarctica in one of the world's most pristine marine environments.
Others resembled corals and...
NZ Fishermen Land Colossal Squid
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Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton said the squid, weighing an estimated 450kg (990lb),took two hours to land in Antarctic waters.
Local news said the Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni was about 10m...
Rise In Killer Whales Sightings Linked To Melting Ice
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Scientists say rapidly-melting sea ice is partially to blame for a five-fold increase in killer whale sightings in some parts of the Canadian Arctic.
Jeff Higdon, a researcher with a joint...
Antarctic Warming To Reduce Animals At Base Of Ecosystem
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The warming most global climate models predict will do more harm than simply raise the sea levels that most observers fear. It will make drastic changes in fragile ecosystems throughout the world,...
Study Finds Subglacial Water In West Antarctica More Active Than Observed
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The recent discovery of a subglacial water system beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS) is causing scientists to rethink the mechanisms that control the flow of ice streams into the Ross Ice...
Japanese Whaling Vessel Catches Fire In Antarctic Seas
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Japanese whaling vessel caught fire off the coast of Antarctica Wednesday and at least one sailor is missing, while 126 others have been evacuated to vessels, which are part of the whaling fleet....
Sea Creatures To Be Tracked Electronically
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In a modern update of "fish and chips," researchers are planning a worldwide effort to track the movement of sea creatures tagged with tiny electronic devices.
Following pilot testing...
Model Shows Big Body Of Water In Earth's Mantle
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A seismologist at Washington University in St. Louis has made the first 3-D model of seismic wave damping - diminishing - deep in the Earth's mantle and has revealed the existence of an underground...
Japanese Whaling Ship And Sea Shepherd Boat Collide At Sea
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An anti-whaling group's boat and a Japanese whale-spotting vessel collided twice in Antarctic waters today during clashes over a pod of whales, conservationists and Japanese officials said.
The...
Whalers Aid In Antarctic Rescue Of Environmentalists
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Japanese whalers and a group of self-styled environmental "pirates" called a temporary truce today to save the lives of two activists who spent seven hours adrift in the freezing waters of the...
Methane Bubbling Through Seafloor Creates Undersea Hills
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According to a recent paper published by MBARI geologists and their colleagues, methane gas bubbling through seafloor sediments has created hundreds of low hills on the floor of the Arctic Ocean....
Global Warming Sees Polar Bears Stranded On Melting Ice
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They cling precariously to the top of what is left of the ice floe, their fragile grip the perfect symbol of the tragedy of global warming.
Captured on film by Canadian environmentalists, the...
Anti-whaling Ships Say They Have Been Made 'pirates'
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An anti-whaling group searching Antarctic waters for a Japanese whaling fleet with the aim of disrupting its operations said both its vessels will soon be "pirate ships" following a...
Reward Offered For Japan Whalers' Location
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An anti-whaling group patrolling the Ross Sea off Antarctica has offered a $25 000 (about R360 000) reward to any person or group that can provide coordinates of the Japanese whaling fleet...
Wanderlust -- Deep-sea Fauna Under Antarctic Ice Shelf
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Under the former Larsen ice shelf east of the Antarctic Peninsula, deep-sea sea cucumbers and stalked feather stars were ubiquitously found in shallow waters. These animals usually inhabit far...
Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Leviathan With New Ship
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Operation Leviathan is underway to stop the Japanese whaling fleets' illegal slaughter of over a thousand whales. With its newly acquired ship named the M/Y...
Scientists Discover New Life Forms In The Arctic Ocean
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An international team of scientists including Universite Laval biologist Connie Lovejoy has discovered new life forms in the Arctic Ocean. The team's findings are reported in the January 12 edition...
Diver Discovers Previously Unknown Fish
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Two years ago, researcher Paul A. Cziko -- a budding research specialist who had graduated with bachelor's degrees in animal biology and biochemistry only six months earlier -- and his diving...
Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Leviathan
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This Saturday, the 23rd of December [Australian EST(Eastern Summer Time)], the international volunteer crew of the Sea Shepherd flagship Farley Mowat departed from Melbourne. The departure of the...
Robot Heading For Antarctic Dive
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Isis, the UK's first deep-diving remotely operated vehicle (ROV), will be combing the sea-bed in the region in its inaugural science mission.
Researchers hope to uncover more about the effects...
Ice Mass Snaps Free From Canada's Arctic
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A giant ice shelf has snapped free from an island south of the North Pole, scientists said Thursday, citing climate change as a "major'' reason for the event.
The Ayles Ice Shelf-all 41...
Sea Monster Search Draws MSU Scientist To Arctic
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The search for ancient sea monsters sometimes calls for extreme paleontologists.
Pat Druckenmiller, for one, flew 800 miles away from the North Pole, rode a boat across an icy fjord and jumped...
Tidal Motion Influences Antarctic Ice Sheet
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New research into the way the Antarctic ice sheet adds ice to the ocean reveals that tidal motion influences the flow of the one of the biggest ice streams draining the West Antarctic Ice Sheet....
Below Freezing: The Antarctic Dive Guide
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Antarctica is the last diving frontier - around this massive continent, only a few small areas have been subject to even minimal underwater exploration. The area with amazing visibility is under...
Penguins Offer Evidence Of Warming
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The first Adelie penguin chicks of the season - black fluffballs small enough to hold in the hand - started hatching this month, and the simple fact that there are more of them in the south and...
NASA Ice Images Aid Study Of Pacific Walrus Arctic Habitats
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The Arctic ice pack is home to thousands of Pacific walrus. Their preferred habitat is an ice floe that has enough density and surface area to support a herd of 12-foot-long, 3,000 pound mammals....
Activists Race To Hunt Down Whalers
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Japanese whalers are likely to clash with environmentalists in Antarctica over the next two months as separate fleets head south prepared to confront each other in some of the world's most hostile...
Arctic Summer Could Be Ice-Free By 2040
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If you're looking to photograph a polar bear hopping sea ice floes on your next summer cruise, you better hurry because in 30 years, the Arctic Sea could be free of ice.
Simulating the climate...
Life Thrives At Searing Sea Vent, Under Ice: Report
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Marine creatures are thriving by a record hot volcanic vent in the Atlantic and in dark waters under thick Antarctic ice, boosting theories that planets other than Earth are suitable for life,...
Extreme Life, Marine Style, Highlights 2006 Ocean Census
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A host of record-breaking discoveries and revelations that stretch the extreme frontiers of marine knowledge were achieved by the Census of Marine Life in 2006, highlights of which were released...
Scientists Puzzled By Extreme Penguin Dives
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When emperor penguins dive below the Antarctic sea ice in search of food, they can descend five times as deep as a human and can swim on a single breath for up to 20 minutes. Researchers are trying...
Arctic Is Heating Up, Scientists Say
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An international panel of scientists reports that the Arctic is undergoing substantial and unprecedented warming despite sporadic signals of a cooling trend.
"For the last six years, Arctic...
Small Step Toward Shark Conservation
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The Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) decided recently to halt targeted fishing of vulnerable sharks in the Southern Ocean. France proposed...
Climate Changes Are Linked Between Greenland And The Antarctic
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Even if climate records from Greenland and Antarctic ice cores look different, climate of Artic and Antarctic are directly linked. Investigations of an Antarctic ice core indicate a principle...
Video: 100 Icebergs Escape Antarctica
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About one hundred huge icebergs are floating in the frigid water off the coast of New Zealand.
"They pose a significant maritime threat. The weather there is deteriorating, The visibility...
Endangered Monk Seals Star In National Geo Special
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Critically endangered Hawaiian monk seals will star in their own National Geographic special tomorrow night on public television.
"Hawaiian Monk Seals: Surviving Paradise" is a chance...
Holy Ozone
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Measurements from last month show that the Antarctic ozone hole was as large as ever, and the ozone level set a new record low. Over some parts of the frozen continent, ozone was almost entirely...
Update: Please Boycott Canadian Seafood And Products
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Canada's commercial seal "hunt" is the largest mass slaughter of marine mammals in the world.
Canada's 2006 quota for killing seals: 325,000 for the regular commercial...
Pirates, Vacuum-fishing Threaten Antarctic Waters
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Pirates seeking Chilean sea bass and fishing vessels that vacuum up tiny shrimp-like creatures that are a staple for whales, seals and penguins are menacing Antarctic waters, environmentalists said...
Shallow International Law Can't Protect The Deep Sea
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These days the UN General Assembly is discussing the adoption of a declaration calling for an immediate moratorium on deep-sea bottom trawl fishing on the high seas, at least until legally-binding...
Seabed Microbes Munch Methane, Curb Warming: Study
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Exotic microbes living around mud volcanoes on the seabed are helping to offset global warming by munching heat-trapping methane seeping from the depths, scientists said on Wednesday.
They said...
First Direct Evidence That Human Activity Is Linked To Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse
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The first direct evidence linking human activity to the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves is published this week in the Journal of Climate. Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the...
Learning About Hypoxia From Hooded Seals
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Willy recently brought us the sniper of the sea and today I present the arctic Hooded Seal and its ability to survive extreme cold at depths more than 3000 feet.
Scientists have found these...
Time To Ban Toxic Boat Paint Pollution
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Member countries of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are perpetuating pollution from the Arctic to Antarctica that is contaminating wildlife and entering our food chain, says WWF....
"Monster" Fossil Found In Jurassic Graveyard
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Scientists have found a fossil of a "Monster" fish-like reptile in a 150 million-year-old Jurassic graveyard on an Arctic island off Norway.
The Norwegian researchers discovered...
Alaskan Storm Cracks Giant Iceberg To Pieces In Faraway Antarctica
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A severe storm that occurred in the Gulf of Alaska in October 2005 generated an ocean swell that six days later broke apart a giant iceberg floating near the coast of Antarctica, more than 8,300...
Mystery Surrounds Diver Deaths In Arctic
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Five hundred miles north of Alaska, a group of shipmates from the Coast Guard cutter Healy tossed a football on the blue-and-white, diamond-hard Arctic ice.
Others snapped panoramic photos and...
Arctic Summer Ice Anomaly Shocks Scientists
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Satellite images acquired from 23 to 25 August 2006 have shown for the first time dramatic openings - over a geographic extent larger than the size of the British Isles - in the Arctic's perennial...
Operation Leviathan: Defending The Whales Of Antarctica
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The whales are counting on us for protection...
We are counting on you to get us there.
Japan will begin illegally killing over 1,000 whales again this fall
and Sea Shepherd will be there to...
Catherine Lindell: What We Buy Affects Entire Planet
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Deforestation in Brazil and electricity demands in the United States contribute to global warming and the melting of ice in the Arctic, setting up a doomsday scenario for creatures like polar...
Japanese Baby Killers Target Pregnant Whales
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For some strange perverse reason that only the so-called Japanese "scientists" can explain, 60 percent of all the female whales taken this last year in Antarctica were pregnant.
The...
Xray-Mag Issue #12 Available Now
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From the cool blue wilderness of the Canadian high Arctic (by Louise Murray) to the red hot deserts of Jordan - from Beluga whales close to magnificent wrecks. Also in this issue lots of Ocean Art...
Scientists: Unprecedented Number Of Walrus Calves Stranded By Melting Sea Ice
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Scientists have reported an unprecedented number of unaccompanied and possibly abandoned walrus calves in the Arctic Ocean, where melting sea ice may be forcing mothers to abandon their pups as the...
Arctic Antarctic Melting May Raise Sea Levels Faster Than Expected
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Ice sheets across both the Arctic and Antarctic could melt more quickly than expected this century, according to two studies that blend computer modeling with paleoclimate records...
Antarctic Expedition Supports Case For MPA
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The expedition was organised by the Ministry of Fisheries to gather scientific information to support a New Zealand proposal for a Marine Protected Area (MPA) around the islands, which lie on the...
Scientist Warns Of Warmer Arctic Ocean
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Miami University scientists say a warmer Arctic Ocean negatively affects the fragile and interconnected polar ecosystem as well as other ocean ecosystems...
Next Stop Antarctica
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A small high-definition underwater video camera made its maiden voyage in the North Quarry Tuesday; today, it is scheduled to be shipped to Antarctica where it will be used by a University of...
Researchers: Parachuting Allows Krill To Eat And Run
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Antarctic researchers have recorded a novel behavior in krill that may help regulate greenhouse gases. Antarctic krill, one of the largest animal resources on Earth, parachute into the deeper...
Rapidly Shrinking Arctic Ice Could Spell Trouble For The Rest Of The World
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Alarmed by an accelerating loss of ice in the Arctic Ocean, scientists are striving to understand why the speedup is happening and what it means for humankind...
UWP Magazine Isuue # 28 Is Now Available
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Scripps Scientists Participate In Historic First
Surface Vessel Voyage Across Canada Basin
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Scientists aboard pioneering icebreaking ships investigate ocean conditions in unexplored region to better understand Arctic's role in global climate change
Two ships taking part in a recently...
Discovering An Ecosystem Beneath A Collapsed Antarctic Ice Shelf
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The chance discovery of a vast ecosystem beneath the collapsed Larsen Ice Shelf will allow scientists to explore the uncharted life below Antarctica's floating ice shelves and further probe the...
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