News Topic - Greenland
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Researchers attribute thinning of Greenland glacier to ocean warming preceded by atmospheric changes
The sudden thinning in 1997 of Jakobshavn Isbræ, one of Greenland's largest glaciers, was caused by subsurface ocean warming, according to research published in the journal Nature Geoscience. The research team traces these oceanic shifts back to changes in the atmospheric circulation in th ... more »
EurekAlert! – Sep 28, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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The sudden thinning in 1997 of Jakobshavn Isbræ, one of Greenland's largest glaciers, was caused by subsurface ocean warming, according to research published in the journal Nature Geoscience. The research team traces these oceanic shifts back to changes in the atmospheric circulation in th ... more »
EurekAlert! – Sep 28, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Global artists warming up for Arctic expedition
If the craggy, icy west coast of Greenland doesn't inspire them, perhaps Vanessa Carlton's vodka infusions will.
CNN.com – Sep 26, 2008 5:17 PM [GMT] – comment?
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If the craggy, icy west coast of Greenland doesn't inspire them, perhaps Vanessa Carlton's vodka infusions will.
CNN.com – Sep 26, 2008 5:17 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Canada among Lonely Planet's top 10 countries to visit
OTTAWA -- Tourists can forget the notion of Canada as thedull, polite and freezing neighbour to the colourful United States.Lonely Planet -- the Australian travel guide publisher popular withyoung travellers worldwide -- has listed Canada among its top 10countries to visit in 2009, alongside such fa ... more »
Canada.com – Sep 26, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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OTTAWA -- Tourists can forget the notion of Canada as thedull, polite and freezing neighbour to the colourful United States.Lonely Planet -- the Australian travel guide publisher popular withyoung travellers worldwide -- has listed Canada among its top 10countries to visit in 2009, alongside such fa ... more »
Canada.com – Sep 26, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Canada among Lonely Planet's top-10 countries to visit in 2009Lonely Planet - the Australian travel guide publisher popular with young travellers worldwide - has listed Canada among its top 10 countries to visit in 2009, alongside such far-flung locales as Kyrgyzstan, Algeria, and Greenland.
Canada.com – Sep 25, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Best in travelLonely Planet has listed Canada alongside such far-flung locales as Kyrgyzstan, Algeria, and Greenland.
Canada.com – Sep 25, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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NASA Uses Rubber Ducks In Climate Study
NASA researchers have dropped 90 rubber ducks into holes of Greenland's fastest moving glacier: the Jakobshavn Glacier in Baffin Bay. Scientists are unsure as to why glaciers speed up in the summer months. One theory is that the summer sun melts ice on the surface of the glacier, which creates ... more »
Slashdot – Sep 24, 2008 10:27 PM [GMT] – comment?
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NASA researchers have dropped 90 rubber ducks into holes of Greenland's fastest moving glacier: the Jakobshavn Glacier in Baffin Bay. Scientists are unsure as to why glaciers speed up in the summer months. One theory is that the summer sun melts ice on the surface of the glacier, which creates ... more »
Slashdot – Sep 24, 2008 10:27 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Rubber ducks used to track melting glacier
To help figure out what's happening inside the fastest-moving Greenland glacier, a U.S. rocket scientist sent 90 rubber ducks ...
USA Today – Sep 23, 2008 5:28 PM [GMT] – comment?
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To help figure out what's happening inside the fastest-moving Greenland glacier, a U.S. rocket scientist sent 90 rubber ducks ...
USA Today – Sep 23, 2008 5:28 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Duck snoop
A scientist has put 90 rubber ducks into a Greenland glacier in a bid to find out what's happening inside it
The Globe and Mail – Sep 23, 2008 08:26 AM [GMT] – comment?
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A scientist has put 90 rubber ducks into a Greenland glacier in a bid to find out what's happening inside it
The Globe and Mail – Sep 23, 2008 08:26 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Greenland: roar of melting glacier sounds climate change alarmAFP - Flying low over the vast, white expanse of Greenland's Ilulissat glacier, one of the biggest and most active in the world, the effects of global warming in the Arctic are painfully visible as the ice melts at an alarming rate.
Yahoo! – Sep 23, 2008 04:19 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Greenland's ice cap melting faster than expected: expertsAFP - Greenland's ice cap, which covers more than 80 percent of the island, is melting faster than expected because of global warming, a Danish researcher said on Monday.
Yahoo! – Sep 22, 2008 7:27 PM [GMT] – comment?
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