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Time running out for polar bears

Time running out for polar bears

   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.

Posted : Tue, Sep 11, 2007

Category : Science / Environment News

Looking For Life In And Under Antarctic Ice

Looking For Life In And Under Antarctic Ice

   Antarctica is home to the largest body of ice on Earth. Prior to approximately 10 years ago, no one thought that life could exist beneath the Antarctic ice sheets, which can be more than two miles thick in places, because conditions were believed to be too extreme. However, Brent Christner, assistant professor of biological sciences at LSU, has spent a great deal of time in one of the world's most hostile environments conducting research that proves otherwise.

Posted : Sat, Sep 01, 2007

Category : Science / Environment News

Record Low Arctic Sea Ice Predicted For 2007

Record Low Arctic Sea Ice Predicted For 2007

   University of Colorado at Boulder researchers are now forecasting a 92 percent chance that the 2007 September minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic region will set an all-time record low.

Posted : Sat, Aug 18, 2007

Category : Science / Environment News
 
 
 
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