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In scientific coup, Russians reach Antarctic lake
After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years - a pristine body of water ...
13 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Asia and Americas on Course for Arctic Collision
It'll be a geological showdown for the ages, with North America, South America, Europe and Asia colliding head-on over the North Pole to create a supercontinent called Amasia.
13 hours ago from Wired Science
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Billions of tons of water lost from world's glaciers, satellite reveals
The total volume of water that has melted from all of the world's polar ice sheets, ice caps and mountain glaciers over the past decade would repeatedly fill Britain's largest lake, Windemere, ...
9 hours ago from The Independent
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Patch of seagrass is world's oldest living organism
A 15-kilometre-long swathe of seagrass off the coast of Spain is at least 80,000 years old, making it the oldest known living organism on Earth
Mon 6 Feb 12 from Newscientist
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Researchers uncover a mechanism to explain dune field patterns
In a study of the harsh but beautiful White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, University of Pennsylvania researchers have uncovered a unifying mechanism to explain dune patterns. The new ...
Mon 6 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Little Ice Age began with a bang
Frozen moss suggests climate cooling kicked off fast, possibly with help from volcanoes
Fri 3 Feb 12 from ScienceNews
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Humble moss 'brought on ice ages'
Research shows that primitive moss-like plants could have helped cool the Earth 470 million years ago, bringing on both life as we know it an mini-ice ages.
Thu 2 Feb 12 from BBC News
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Scientists snare 'superprawn' off New Zealand
Scientists have captured a "supergiant" crustacean in waters seven kilometres (4.5 miles) deep off New Zealand, measuring 10 times the normal size of related species.
Fri 3 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Americans' knowledge of polar regions up, but not their concern
Americans' knowledge of facts about the polar regions of the globe has increased since 2006, but this increase in knowledge has not translated into more concern about changing polar environments, ...
Tue 7 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Google Earth ocean terrain receives major update
Internet information giant Google updated ocean data in its Google Earth application this week, reflecting new bathymetry data assembled by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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