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Environmental Assessment of the U.S. Antarctic Program
S. Antarctic Program Major features and location of USAP stations on the Antarctic continent. How can the National Science Foundation implement environmental protection measures for U.S. Antarctic Program ... Science Foundation. 1991. Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the United States Antarctic Program. Office of Polar Programs, Washington, D.C. Where To? [ Next Brief | Section ...
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The Regional Impacts of Climate Change
Antarctic Convergence, including the Antarctic continent, the Southern Ocean, and the sub-Antarctic islands. The Arctic can be described as a frozen ocean surrounded by land, and the Antarctic as a frozen continent ...
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SCS: Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)
All killing of seals in the Antarctic region is regulated by the Antarctic Treaty and the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (CCAS). In 1986-1987 however two Soviet ... ice surrounding the Antarctic continent. Higher densities of leopard seals are found on broken ice near the pack ice edge. The leopard seal often hauls out on islands near the continent when the ...
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SCS: Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
Antarctic seal species which prefer the pack ice, there are estimated to be about 800,000 Weddell seals around the Antarctic continent. Small populations also breed on ... longer continued. All killing of seals in the Antarctic region is now regulated by the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (CCAS) and the Antarctic Treaty. However a commercial hunt of ...
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Global Climate Change: Research Explorer - Cryosphere
In late winter, sea ice typically covers 17 to 20 million square kilometers in the Antarctic's Southern Ocean. At the end of the summer, typically only 3 to 4 million ... glossary. Southern Ice Concentration - This satellite image shows the extent of sea ice around the Antarctic continent (light brown area). The colors represent the amount of ice coverage from 100% (light violet ...
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Origins: Antarctica: Field Notes: Glaciers in the Desert
Glacier flows down into the Taylor Dry Valley. Click to enlarge. Glaciers in the Desert Antarctic Dreams by Paul Doherty January 10, 2002 When I was a high school student, I ... kept the dry valleys dry: They held back the ice that covered 98% of the Antarctic continent. Some ice managed to creep through the gaps in the mountains and flow into the ...
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Third Workshop
Antarctic Continent. V.N. Pelevin, V.V. Rostovtseva To some conditions of deep convection development in atmosphere ...
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WWF - Publications, factsheets and reports on species
Read more 11 Dec 2007 Antarctic Penguins and Climate Change A WWF overview shows that the four populations of penguins that breed on the Antarctic continent are under escalating pressure and facing ...
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NERC - British Antarctic Survey
Antarctic science is immense - from insects and microbes studied under the microscope - to the continent-sized ice sheet best appreciated from satellite imagery. Antarctic science is ... Cambridge, UK. British Antarctic Survey High Cross Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0ET Tel: 01223 221400 Fax: 01223 362616 External links British Antarctic Survey homepage British Antarctic Survey stations ...
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Science - The Antarctic Ozone Hole
The Antarctic Ozone Hole Science: The Antarctic Ozone Hole The Antarctic Ozone Hole was discovered by the British Antarctic Survey from data obtained with a ground-based instrument from a measuring station ... loss in 1985. Satellite measurements then confirmed that the springtime ozone loss was a continent-wide feature. Click here for larger image Research conducted during the National Ozone ...
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