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13
2009
NASA Flies to Antarctica for Largest Airborne Polar Ice SurveyNASA begins a series of flights October 15, 2009 to study changes to Antarctica's sea ice, glaciers, and ice sheets. The flights are part of a six-year campaign that is the largest airborne survey ever made of ice at Earth's polar regions ... Sep
22
2009
International Polar Year (IPY) LARISSA Project Planned for 2009-10 Field Season in Antarctic PeninsulaThe LARsen Ice Shelf System project is an interdisciplinary program to study as many facets of an ice shelf ecosystem as possible following the collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf in 2002 ... Aug
21
2009
Study Provides Insight into Evolution and Extinction of Vanished Elephant Seal ColonyAn extinct southern elephant seal colony that once existed in huge numbers along sandy and rocky beaches in Antarctica has provided new insight into how quickly a species can respond to the emergence of a new habitat as climate changes and just as quickly disappear ... Aug
21
2009
Winter Fly-in 2009The U.S. Air Force will make five roundtrips for the NSF during winter fly-in, or WinFly, between Christchurch, New Zealand, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica to carry people and supplies in preparation for the 2009-10 austral summer season ... Jul
31
2009
USAP Baggage Allowance ChangesThere are important changes for baggage allowance during Mainbody deployment . Jun
02
2009
Improved Data Communications for South Pole ScienceNew science data communications capability enables the NSF to share exciting results of its science programs with the public ... Apr
20
2009
USAP Email Address Format ChangingThe format of USAP email addresses for USAP participants is changing . Mar
18
2009
New Evidence Demonstrates Climate Warming Affects Ice Sheet StabilityA five-nation scientific team has published new evidence that even a slight rise in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, one of the gases that drives global warming, affects the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) ... Mar
17
2009
British NSF-funded Researchers Deploy Automated SubmarineA team of British and American scientists has successfully deployed an autonomous robot submarine on six missions beneath an Antarctic ice shelf using sonar scanners to map the seabed and the underside of the ice as it juts out over the sea ... Mar
16
2009
Climate-related Changes on the Antarctic Peninsula Being Driven from the EcosystemScientists have long established that the Antarctic Peninsula is one of the most rapidly warming spots on Earth. New research using detailed satellite data indicates that the changing climate is affecting not just the penguins at the apex of the food chain, but simultaneously the microscopic life that is the base of the ecosystem ... Mar
16
2009
Arctic and Antarctic-themed Activities to Bring a Breath of Polar Air to BaltimoreThe Maryland Science Center in Baltimore is the focal point of a range of public events April 4 and 5 that highlight federally funded Arctic and Antarctic research programs. The events are being held in conjunction with a meeting on the international treaty, which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the first signing of the treaty. This is also the first time in 30 years the treaty parties have met in the U.S. ...
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