MetOp-A gets green light for 17 July launch date
...ble to provide invaluable meteorological data from polar orbit to users within 2 hours and 15 minutes of the measurements being taken. MetOp-A is equipped with a set of new-generation European instruments that offer advanced remote sensing capabilities to both meteorologists and climatologists along wit...Eighty below and loving it: Montana State University scientists to get new cold lab
...ecognized avalanche and ice expert, along with MSU polar biologist John Priscu wrote the grant proposals that will fund the project. The facility's eight rooms will be its main instruments, allowing researchers to precisely control humidity, light and temperature. The coldest room of the group will drop...Earth observation satellites contribute to international polar year 2007-2008
...ite measurements offering complete coverage of the polar regions, which play a vital role in the Earth's cl...tes have contributed to a greater understanding of polar regions, helped identify the strong links these regions have with Earth's terrestrial, ocean and atm...Large dinosaurs were extremely hot in their day, UF study finds
...uld nonetheless maintain high body temperatures in polar climates with freezing or near-freezing conditions. The advantages of being a 'warm' reptile are that no energy has to be expended to produce metabolic heat to keep warm; in other words, if we were warm reptile-like ectotherms, we would save a lot of...Media advisory: International mercury conference coming to Madison Aug. 6-11
...rom this type of mining. Mercury invades remote polar ecosystems: For the last five years, scientists ha...ve intensified their research on mercury in remote polar ecosystems. In their search to better understand background mercury levels, scientists have found th...Polynesia explorers created worldwide web of scientific knowledge
... Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Braving extremes of polar cold and equatorial heat, the scientific voyages that sailed around Cape Horn between 1750 and 1850 systematically surveyed and studied the terra incognitas of Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand and Tahiti. Some accounts became bestsellers that "powerful...Study provides first-ever look at combined causes of North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean freshening
...nd broad-scale atmospheric dynamics because of the polar amplification of the global warming signal," says Peterson. "It's easiest to measure these changes in the Arctic and the better we understand this system, the sooner we will know what is happening to the global hydrologic cycle." The multi-discipl...UA strengthens commitment to Arctic research
...period of intensified research focusing on Earth's polar regions. The research period actually runs over tw...n this arena." Alaska is uniquely positioned for polar and arctic research, and the university has gained an international reputation in the areas of globa...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- August 30, 2006
...ls of pollutants may decrease sexual organ size in polar bears Enhancing the healthful properties of silkw...ls of pollutants may decrease sexual organ size in polar bears Environmental Science & Technology Exposure to high levels of environmental pollutants call...UAF to host AAAS Arctic Division conference
...search efforts and public attention on the Earth's polar regions. The AAAS Arctic Division conference is one of the nation's largest gatherings of Arctic science experts, many of whom will be active participants in the International Polar Year. Conference speakers include Karsten Klepsvik of the Norwegian...Ecological change, climate variation addressed at international conference, September 20-24
...al climate-change effects are happening quickly in polar regions and are particularly evident on the West Antarctic Peninsula, where the winter temperature has warmed by 6 degrees Centigrade since 1950. Palmer LTER site scientists Sharon Stammerjohn (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Douglas Marti...Expedition allows teachers to participate in polar research
...all under the guidance of an international team of polar researchers. Teachers and scientists will work together to collect data. Their work is based on the Kapitan Dranitsyn, an icebreaker currently cruising through the Arctic Ocean. Todd Hindman, a teacher from Nome City School District, said This will ...Warming climate may put chill on arctic polar bear population
...ists about the increased likelihood they will spot polar bears in this region where several populations of polar bears live. According to scientists from NASA and the Canadian Wildlife Service, these increased Arc...NASA hosts Arctic sea ice media teleconference
...ortant to the well being of Arctic mammals such as polar bears. Sea ice is an indicator of changing water, air and sea surface temperatures. With the annual minimum perennial sea ice period less than one month away, researchers from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, Colo., will pre...Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer detects vast polar ethane cloud on Titan
...d. VIMS made the first detection of Titan's vast polar ethane cloud when it probed Titan's high northern ...nly part of the cloud because most of the northern polar region is in winter's shadow and won't be fully illuminated until 2010, Griffith noted. "Our obser...USGS at The Wildlife Society: From sea-ice change to contaminants to predators and prey
...nging sea ice environment: In the Beaufort Sea, polar bears (Ursus maritimus), ringed seals (Phoca hispi...enced climate-induced changes. During most seasons polar bears prefer mixed ice habitats near ice edges in shallow waters over the continental shelf. In past...Scientists use an 'ice lolly' to find polar bacteria in their own backyard
...es and glaciers. Bacteria previously isolated from polar climates, and have properties which allow them to survive in extreme cold, have been isolated from soil in temperate environments. Professor Virginia Walker and her colleagues at Queen's University, Canada, have developed a technique to isolate bact...New study explains why hotter is better for insects
...en able to adapt to environments ranging from cold polar oceans to hot thermal vents. However, University of Washington researchers have discovered a limit to the powerful forces of natural selection, at least when it comes to the adaptation of insects to cold temperatures. "For thermodynamic reasons, c...Record ozone loss during 2006 over South Pole
... mid-latitude air by prevailing winds known as the polar vortex. This leads to very low temperatures, and i...n the cold and continuous darkness of this season, polar stratospheric clouds are formed that contain chlorine. As the polar spring arrives, the combinati......e both students' and the public's understanding of polar science. The two-year grant totals nearly $80,000 and will help Duffy and his collaborators develop a new course based on the Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities, or SENCER, model, which is funded by the National Scienc...