(1999): Polar news--Notizie polari

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2001-026260
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Polar news--Notizie polari
1999
Polar News = Notizie Polari
Polar Research and Documentation Center, Rome, Italy
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This issue contains news notes on: a third territory of Canada called Nunavut and its heritage; average thickness of the permanent Arctic ice reduced from 6 meters to 4 meters, total area of permanent ice in the Arctic sunk by 20%; the Ocean Drilling Program to find how sensitive the Antarctic ice is to climate changes and explore the history and evolution of Earth's crust; the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) initiative to investigate the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change.
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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:84.0000
West:-165.0000East: -40.0000
South:-87.0000
Areal geology; Antarctica; Arctic region; atmosphere; atmospheric precipitation; Canada; carbon dioxide; Cenozoic; circulation; clastic sediments; climate; drilling; dust; glacial geology; global change; global warming; greenhouse effect; human activity; ice; ice cores; ice movement; ice sheets; melting; mineral exploration; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Oligocene; paleoclimatology; Paleogene; petroleum exploration; Pleistocene; Quaternary; remote sensing; sea-level changes; sediments; temperature; Tertiary; till; West Antarctica; Western Canada;
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