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10.06.08
NASA Study Finds Rising Arctic Storm Activity Sways Sea Ice, Climate
A NASA study shows that the rising frequency and intensity of arctic storms over the last half-century has directly accelerated the rate of arctic sea ice drift, a harbinger of climate change.
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NASA Study Finds Rising Arctic Storm Activity Sways Sea Ice, Climate
A NASA study shows that the rising frequency and intensity of arctic storms over the last half-century has directly accelerated the rate of arctic sea ice drift, a harbinger of climate change.
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Phoenix Sees Falling Snow, Data Suggest Liquid Past
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds. Spacecraft soil experiments also have provided evidence of past interaction between minerals and liquid water, processes that occur on Earth.
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Arctic Saw Fastest August Sea Ice Retreat on Record
NASA data are showing that for a four-week period in August 2008, sea ice melted faster during that period than ever before.
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Rapid Retreat: Ice Shelf Loss along Canada's Ellesmere Coast →
By July 2008, what had once been a massive ice fringe along the northern Ellesmere coast had been reduced to five isolated ice shelves.
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To the End of Earth
A mechanical design engineer travels to the South Pole to help retrieve a science experiment.
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For Toy-Like Robots, Ice Research Is Child's Play
SnoMotes are the first prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic.
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Siberian Expedition 2008: Kotuykan River →
Researchers plan to record changes in the Siberian forest as they navigate down the river in boats. Their goal is to get insight into global climate change.
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NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder
New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.
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