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Fossil Suggests Antarctica Much Warmer in Past
LiveScience.com, NY - By Andrea Thompson, Senior Writer The ostracod fossil from the Dry Valleys of Antarctica is less than 1 mm long, but preserves an array of soft tissues … |
 CBS News |
Penguin deaths rise
The Age, Australia - These penguins, pictured at Rio de Janeiro's Niteroi Zoo, were rescued by the Brazilian coastguard after being swept from the shores of Antarctica. … Why are penguins washing up dead? The day in pictures - July 18, 2008 |
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Russia opens network of automatic weather stations in Antarctica.
ITAR-TASS, Russia - The Academician Fydorov vessel supplied similar stations to Russkaya and Leningradskaya in the Pacific areas of Antarctica. The stations are powered with a … |
 ABC News |
Last-Ditch Resort: Move Polar Bears to Antarctica?
ABC News - On May 14, the US Department of the Interior declared polar bears "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. So why not pack a few off to Antarctica, … |
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Single Boulder May Prove That Antarctica And North America Were …
Science Daily (press release) - ScienceDaily (July 17, 2008) — A lone granite boulder found against all odds high atop a glacier in Antarctica may provide additional key evidence to … |
 Canada.com |
Wilkins ice shelf at risk of breaking from Antarctica
ABC Online, Australia - Scientists are growing increasingly concerned for the future of the huge Wilkins ice shelf that joins on to the Antarctic coast. The latest satellite images … Wilkins Ice Shelf, Near Antarctica, Hanging By Its Last Thread Vast Antarctic ice shelf disintegrating Antarctic ice shelf breaking up in dead of winter |
 Chatter Shmatter |
Golden Girl Estelle Getty Dies In Hollywood
Chatter Shmatter, Canada - “She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica she would have been loved on seven continents,” her son said. … Estelle Getty Dies |
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Creationists fail again: taken for granite
Discover Magazine, NY - I’m also fascinated by Antarctica (I came close to applying to go many years ago), so it’s especially cool to hear about both together. … |
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If this is Antarctica, where's the ice?;
Brantford Expositor, Canada - It was in Antarctica to research the effects of global warming on that continent and to film the documentary series "Antarctic Mission," airing on "The … |
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Antarctica Once Abutted Death Valley
Slashdot - It seems that Antarctica was once adjacent to what is now the American Southwest, some 800 million years ago. Earth's continents then formed a … |