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<title>In The News: Bubbles of warming, beneath the ice</title>
<description>From the Los Angeles Times, Friday, February 20

&#x22;Four miles south of the Arctic Circle, the morning sky is streaked with apricot. Frozen rivers split the tundra of the Seward Peninsula, coiling into vast lakes. And on a silent, wind-whipped pond, a lone figure, sweating and panting, shovels snow off the ice.&#x22; &#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-global-warming22-2009feb22,0,1748869,full.story&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:35:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News: A mercury deal in the works</title>
<description>From SIKU News, Sunday, February 22

&#x22;The goal is to have a binding agreement in place by 2013 at the latest.&#x22; &#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://www.sikunews.com/art.html?catid=2&#x26;artid=5955&#x22;&#x3E;Learn More &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:32:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News: Return of Arctic ice no sign of climate recovery: researcher</title>
<description>From Canada.com, Friday, February 20

&#x22;When it comes to global warming, even the good news may not be all that great in the end.&#x22; &#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://www.canada.com/Technology/Return+Arctic+sign+climate+recovery+researcher/1312965/story.html&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:29:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Narwhals filmed for first time on migration</title>
<description>from the Telegraph, Saturday, February 7

&#x22;Narwhals, known as ice unicorns for their long tusks, have been filmed for the first time as they make their treacherous migration along the cracks in the Arctic sea ice.&#x22; &#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/4547325/Narwhals-filmed-for-first-time-on-migration.html&#x22;&#x3E;Learn More &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:46:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News:  Mercury levels rising in caribou, contaminants program finds</title>
<description>From CBC News, Monday, February 2

&#x22;Caribou in Canada&#x27;s North are showing increasing levels of mercury, a contaminant that has drifted into the Arctic from other parts of the world, researchers have found.&#x22; &#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/02/north-caribou.html&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:54:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News: When turtles swam in Nunavut</title>
<description>From SIKU News, Monday, February 2

&#x22;The discovery of a 90-million-year-old turtle fossil in the Canadian Arctic is shedding new light on the temperate past of the polar north and the trans-Arctic migrations of prehistoric creatures, reports CanWest Global.&#x22; &#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://www.sikunews.com/art.html?catid=5&#x26;artid=5862&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:51:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News: Polar bears may receive species-at-risk label</title>
<description>From the Northern News Services, Monday, February 2

&#x22;NUNAVUT - The federal government is considering adding polar bears to Canada&#x27;s list of &#x22;species at risk.&#x22; &#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://nnsl.com/northern-news-services/stories/papers/feb2_09br.html&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:46:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News: Polar bears&#x27; survival rests in our hands</title>
<description>From the EdmontonSun.com, Friday, January 16

&#x22;It&#x27;s a &#x22;critical time&#x22; for polar bears and their survival rests in the hands of Canadians, federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice said yesterday.&#x22; &#x3C;a href target=blank&#x22;http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/01/16/8042391-sun.html&#x22; Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:43:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News: NASA eager to find 90 missing rubber ducks</title>
<description>From The Tech Herald, Monday, December 22

&#x22;While it might perhaps be more likely for NASA to be searching for expensive equipments such as a lost satellite or perhaps even a wayward tool bag, the American space administration has this week put out a call for missing rubber ducks.&#x22; &#x3C;a href target=blank&#x22;http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200852/2664/NASA-eager-to-find-90-missing-rubber-ducks&#x22;&#x3E; Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:40:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News: Abrupt climate shifts may move faster than thought</title>
<description>From ENN, Tuesday, December 22

&#x22;The United States could suffer the effects of abrupt climate changes within decades - sooner than some previously thought--says a new government report....&#x22;&#x3C;a href target=blank &#x22;http://www.enn.com/climate/article/38913&#x22;&#x3E; Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:34:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In the News: &#x27;Catastrophic&#x27; melt threat to polar life</title>
<description>From The New Zealand Herald Wednesday, September 17

&#x22;Data showing Arctic sea ice may reach its lowest level on record this summer underscores the need for governments to speed up talks on a new climate pact, says the Worldwide Fund for Nature.&#x22;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&#x26;objectid=10532484&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:36:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News: Arctic sea ice melting slows down, for now</title>
<description>From The Telegraph.co.uk Wednesday, September 17

&#x22;Arctic sea ice has melted at a slower rate compared to last year, but scientists warn it still shows a downward trend towards ice-free Arctic summers.&#x22;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/17/eaice117.xml&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:34:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News: One island, one flag, three names</title>
<description>From SIKU News, Monday, September 15

Greenland should have one name, not three, says politician and MP Doris Jakobsen. If Greenlanders vote to accept a proposal to increase the Danish territory&#x27;s autonomy, it should be accompanied by a name change, Jakobsen has suggested.&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://www.sikunews.com/art.html?artid=5423&#x26;catid=6&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:34:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News: WWF: Melting Arctic adds urgency to climate deal</title>
<description>From the Associated Press, Monday, September 15

&#x22;Data showing Arctic sea ice may reach its lowest level on record this summer underscores the need for governments to speed up talks on a new climate pact, the Worldwide Fund for Nature said Monday.&#x22;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jRNBmvGpJIvxFp1jkrh-oizrhvOgD9371O5G0&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Release &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:30:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News:  Vanishing ice proving deadly for walruses</title>
<description>From the WWF, Friday, September 12

&#x22;Following the recent reports of polar bears swimming for their lives off Alaska, clear evidence has emerged in far-eastern Russia of how vanishing ice in the Arctic is having a catastrophic effect on walruses.&#x22;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/index.cfm?uNewsID=145201&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:27:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>GoNorth! nominated for prestigious humanitarian award</title>
<description>A great big Polar Husky round of howls! 

Recognized for applying technology to benefit humanity, GoNorth! is nominated as one of 25 innovators from around the world in the running to receive the &#x22;2008 Microsoft Education Award&#x22; at the 2008 Tech Awards Laureate  in November. 

&#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;/support/paw_news/tech_laureate.html&#x22;&#x3E; Learn More &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:31:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News: New laws needed in changing polar regions: experts</title>
<description>From the AFP, September 7

&#x22;Some 40 legal experts from around the world gathered in Iceland on Sunday for a three-day conference aimed at staking out a new legal framework for the fragile and changing polar regions.&#x22;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jnTq2a4zaRtQl2hW-lMEc8nCtiig&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:29:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News:  Major ice-shelf loss for Canada</title>
<description>From BBC News, Wednesday, September 3

&#x22;The floating tongues of ice attached to Ellesmere Island, which have lasted for thousands of years, have seen almost a quarter of their cover break away.&#x22;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7595441.stm&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:39:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News: The North Pole becomes an &#x27;island&#x27; for the first time in history as ice melts</title>
<description>From the Mail Online, Tuesday, September 2

&#x22;The North Pole has become an island for the first time in human history.

Startling satellite pictures taken three days ago show that melting ice has opened up the fabled North-West and North-East Passages - making it possible to sail around the Arctic ice cap.&#x22;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1050990/The-North-Pole-island-time-history-ice-melts.html#&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Article &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:39:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In The News: Carbon clues to when Greenland was a green land</title>
<description>From the AFP, Friday, August 29

&#x22;PARIS (AFP)&#x22; Climatologists poring over Greenland&#x27;s ancient past say global cooling, unleashed by a fall in atmospheric greenhouse gases, caused the vast island to ice over around three million years ago.&#x22;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;a target=blank href=&#x22;http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hYg0J1-4pcxxOfhjNMTc-p08KSVQ&#x22;&#x3E;Read the Release &#x3E;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:38:17 GMT</pubDate>
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