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oceans Archives
 | Following a formidable 106-day trek across the Arctic, which ended with the two Arctic Arc expedition members relying on Envisat images to guide them safely through disintegrating sea-ice, intrepid polar explorer Alain Hubert recently visited ESA to handover a unique set of snow-depth measurements ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists to use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earth's crust. ...> Full Article |
 | Oxygen-poor waters are expanding in tropical regions of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ...> Full Article |
Researchers are making it possible to more accurately predict the impact of using the world's second highest tidal range as a source of energy.
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 | Calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of continued warming temperatures and a preponderance of younger, thinner ice. ...> Full Article |
Researcher calls into question three decades of conventional wisdom regarding some of the physical processes that helped shape the Earth as we know it today.
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 | Scientists have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation ...> Full Article |
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Film coatings made from whey
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