What International Polar Year discovered

jpak

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Tue Mar-29-11 10:17 AM
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What International Polar Year discovered

http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2011/03/scientists_release_polar_compe.html

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Some key findings and achievements:

- Changes in the Arctic Ocean are affecting ocean circulation in the North Atlantic. This might lead to a warmer Arctic and colder conditions in mid-latitudes.

- More than 1,000 previously unknown species of marine animal have been identified. Of these, 250 are found at both poles.

- New data on the role of plate tectonics in the main polar corridors for oceanic circulation. As a result, the tectonic map of Antarctica is being redrawn.

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- Indigenous knowledge can be combined with instrumental data for monitoring changes such as in polar ice, snow, vegetation, and fauna.

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AKDavy

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Tue Mar-29-11 10:20 AM
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1. Thanks for that link, but,

sadly, much of this will be irrelevant to a U.S. population that is growing more scientifically illiterate with each passing second.

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