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Narwhals, 'Unicorn' Whales, Used By Scientists To Track Arctic Temperatures, Monitor Climate Change Effects

First Posted: 10/29/10 10:46 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:10 PM ET

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In a paper just published in the Journal of Geophysical Research -Oceans, Steele and other researchers, led by Kristin Laidre, also of the University of Washington, described tagging narwhals with satellite sensors that recorded ocean depths and temperatures during feeding dives from the surface pack ice to the seafloor, as deep as 1,773 meters, or more than a mile.

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In a paper just published in the Journal of Geophysical Research -Oceans, Steele and other researchers, led by Kristin Laidre, also of the University of Washington, described tagging narwhals with sat...
In a paper just published in the Journal of Geophysical Research -Oceans, Steele and other researchers, led by Kristin Laidre, also of the University of Washington, described tagging narwhals with sat...
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Badfinger1
...reconstruction has failed...
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04:28 PM on 10/29/2010
....They are undoubtedly from the "Unicorn ranch" of Sarah Palin fame...
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Badfinger1
...reconstruction has failed...
459 Fans
04:27 PM on 10/29/2010
....I've been frozen for thirty frickin' years...What do I have to do to get some sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads...?.....
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spilkus
I'm in the art world, for Pete's sake.
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04:07 PM on 10/29/2010
I am a trained oceanographer and I spent thousands of dollars and years in school so that these semi-literate baleen buffoons can just swim in and take my job. I'm hopping mad!
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deepintheheartoftejas
Middle o/t Road = Yellow stripes & dead armadillos
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03:50 PM on 10/29/2010
"Unicorn whales"? Jeeze, can't we just say narwhal? Scientific journalism is so dumbed down these days.
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