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Sinking Of Titanic Tied To Rare Lunar Event

Posted 03.07.2012

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By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 03/06/2012 01:34 PM EST on Lifes Little Mysteries An extremely rare lunar event on the night of Jan. 4, 1912, m...

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WATCH: Fly Through A Cracking Glacial Canyon

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Glacial Calving, Video, Antarctica, Glaciers, Icebergs, Melting Glaciers, Antarctic Ice, Climate-Change, Pine Island Glacier Antarctica, Pine Island Glacier Crack, Green News

By OurAmazingPlanet Staff: A new video takes viewers on a stunning ride through a giant and ever-growing canyon of Antarctic ice that marks the bir...

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Japan Tsunami Broke Huge Icebergs Off Antarctica, Study Finds

LiveScience | OurAmazingPlanet Staff | Posted 10.08.2011

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The massive March 11 Japan earthquake and its ensuing tsunami were so powerful that they broke off huge icebergs thousands of miles away in Antarctica...

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I am Not a Scientist. So Why Do I Write Science Thrillers?

Karen Dionne | Posted 09.03.2011

Read More: Freezing Point, Boiling Point, Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston, Icebergs, Antarctica, Environment, Science, Michael Crichton, Science Thriller, Books News
Karen Dionne

I got the idea for the novel when I read a small feature item in the newspaper about a 1,000 square-mile section of the Larson Ice Shelf that had broken off due to global warming.

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This Week in Climate Science: Iceberg Tsunamis, Economics of Geoengineering, Arctic Ecosystems

David Kroodsma | Posted 06.15.2011

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David Kroodsma

If boreal forests expand northward, climate models show that summers will warm because the forests will absorb more heat than the surrounding tundra.

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What You Need to Know About Antarctica

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ornithologist, South Georgia, Antarctica, Explorer?S Quest, Zodiac, Icebergs, Drake Passage, Continent, Ushuaia, Expedition Jacket, Island, Glaciers, Body-Sled, Birds, Marine Biologist, Whales, Historian, Cheli Larsen, ?€“ All Are Important When It Comes to Understanding This Unique Continent. I Chose Quark Expeditions, Drake Lake, Last Pristine Universe on Earth, Penguin Chicks, Austral Summer, Polar Plunge Club, Global Warming, Passengers, Falklands, Geologist, Beach, Pink and White Dolphins, Seal, Antarctic Peninsula, Sea Ice, Sea, Seal Pup;, Albatross, Penguin Rookeries, Sea Sickness, Ocean, Travel News
Margie Goldsmith

I have just returned from Antarctica, the loneliest, driest, most desolate place in the world. The only way to get there is by ship. So why go?

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Iceberg Size Of Luxembourg Off Antarctica Could Affect Ocean's Circulation

AP | OWEN PYE | Posted 05.25.2011

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SYDNEY — A massive iceberg struck Antarctica, dislodging another giant block of ice from a glacier, Australian and French scientists said Friday...

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Hundreds Of Icebergs Breaking Off Of Antarctica, Headed For New Zealand

AP | RAY LILLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting toward New Zealand and could pose ...

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