http://dl1.yukoncollege.yk.ca/ipy/newsItems/departments/polarResearchReportsAndFindings A Yukon Source Page for Polar Research and the IPYs Mon, 20 May 2013 02:14:33 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 02:14:33 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss UserLand Frontier v9.5 60 (Bjørnhild Fjeld/ScienceNordic, 8 April 2013) -- Modern forestry techniques are like plantations, with a homogenous blend of trees covering vast ... http://sciencenordic.com/reindeer-thrive-forest-diversity 9de81cde438d848ecfa98e95d4a54786 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:57:29 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (American Geophysical Union press release via Science Daily, 12 March 2013) -- Ongoing glacier loss in the Canadian high Arctic is accelerating and ... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130312134914.htm 941035d17216b31d72ed3130da9c386d Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:08:35 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Kate Allen Science/Technology World, Toronto Star, 12 March 2013) -- In Germany, in New Zealand, in the Canary Islands and at 21 other observatories ... http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/03/12/arctic_scientists_see_canada_slipping_on_world_stage.html a9bb249dccb11591927dc86c4c1d5a8c Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:52:14 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (PLoS press release via EurekAlert!, 6 March 2013) -- Analysis of DNA extracted from a fossil tooth recovered in southern Siberia confirms that the ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/plos-sfr030113.php 98f7a8fcf25412c4625c2861f99be30e Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:24:13 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Research Amanda Graham (Woods Hole Research Center press release via EurekAlert!, 10 March 2013) -- An international team of authors from 17 institutions in seven ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/whrc-sri030713.php 3c6d60149009d6c5cbc2882b82695ec9 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:56:00 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Research Amanda Graham (Sybille Hildebrandt/ScienceNordic, 19 February 2013) -- Global warming causes the sea ice to shrink, and the melting plays a much greater part in ... http://sciencenordic.com/sea-ice-regulates-greenhouse-gases-land 3b198852c120ef676458b2b25fca29cb Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:27:11 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (National Science Foundation via Epoch Times, 17 December 2012) -- A team of scientists supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has ... http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/science/1-500-year-cycle-found-in-arctic-atmospheric-pattern-322823.html f9f292a9c5b31f3fb692890e523f4643 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:41:29 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Unni Eikeseth, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation via ScienceNordic, 20 December 2012) -- High levels of environmental contaminants are linked with ... http://sciencenordic.com/ivory-gulls-threatened-eggshell-thinning 92945dac7e3429a396c2416004fd6ff3 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:25:52 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Oregon State University press release via Phys.org, 3 January 2013) -- Marine resource managers often gauge the health of species based on overall ... http://phys.org/news/2013-01-bering-sea-prey-density-important.html 6777d299ed9d30ca217d8d2e71cb3fa1 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:14:40 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Phys.org, 27 December 2012) -- The chance discovery of a 100 million year old fossil forest on an island east of New Zealand has unlocked new ... phys.org/news/2012-12-ancient-antarctic-treasure-trove.html 06126fcc7e3316585b7d5143d33318c4 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:34:51 GMT Antarctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Michael D. Lemonick/Climate Central, 27 December 2012) -- It’s known as the Great Arctic Cyclone, and when it roared out of Siberia last August, ... http://www.climatecentral.org/news/last-summers-great-arctic-cyclone-unprecedented-says-new-study-15415 fa5cbb96a5b6d57c07cb0823ddfe62ee Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:31:31 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (University of Copenhagen press release, 19 November 2012) -- "Our analysis shows that the Norse in Greenland ate lots of food from the sea, ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-11/uoc-gvs111912.php ac63bc2b1cfce4caf947a03783a245dc Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:06:17 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Durham University press release, 11 September 2012) -- The Little Ice Age allowed a new wave of arctic foxes to colonise Iceland, according to new ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/du-lia091112.phphttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/du-lia091112.php b4520e4cb93cdd1798027f2126b0edef Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:00:46 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (H. Hedenas, et al., 2011. Changes in tree growth..., Ambio 40: 672-82, via CO2Science, 9 May 2012) -- The authors write that "during the last 15 ... http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N19/B2.php 7c9a11d43d46e206feb21629a620907b Wed, 09 May 2012 18:33:15 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (NASA press release, 22 April 2012) -- The fragile and rapidly changing Arctic region is home to large reservoirs of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. ... http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-110 75e7c48e3abb65cb6cacb57c99b25938 Tue, 08 May 2012 00:28:05 GMT Arctic History Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (NSF press release, 4 May 2012) -- Changes in the speed that ice travels in more than 200 outlet glaciers indicates that Greenland's contribution to ... http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=124102&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click 6eee3c6f3543db9c648fda97788fbfb4 Fri, 04 May 2012 20:27:09 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (American Association for the Advancement of Science press release via EurekAlert!, 26 April 2012) -- An analysis of 5,000-year-old DNA taken from ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-04/aaft-nsc042012.php 4692a565a0cd19d02b1ac02462ae065f Fri, 04 May 2012 20:13:55 GMT History News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (University of Cape Town, Museum of Nature and Temple University press release, 11 April 2012) -- Duck-billed dinosaurs that lived within Arctic ... www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120411131915.htm 8d717a41106bfc24809d218a8cae7c89 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:15:09 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Mark Johnson/newsnet5.com, 8 April 2012) -- CLEVELAND - Residents in the far northern territory of Nunavut in Canada have always disputed the ... http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/weather/weather_news/three-cheers-for-polar-bears-new-study-shows-population-higher-than-thought 882ccaa453d716190399f9d2765c3ea9 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:06:51 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (University of Tromsø via ScienceNordic, 23 March 2012) -- Being a polar explorer was extremely hard work, but it was certainly no bed of roses too ... http://sciencenordic.com/polar-widows 6d779c3940176f06d42e07b15e6e426c Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:36:44 GMT History News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (AGU press release via Physorg.com, 31 March 2012) -- Arctic sea ice has been declining over the past several decades as global climate has warmed. ... http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-declining-sea-ice-cloudier-arctic.html cd2db83abc25846121cecee18865189c Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:27:32 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (CBC News, 30 March 2012) -- A three million-year-old skull found in the southern United States has traits of both beluga whales and narwhals, ... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/03/30/north-virginia-beluga-fossil.html dcd04a44a1847c4cc448309670b0e82e Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:33:06 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Fred Pearce/New Scientist, 27 March 2012) -- The disappearance of Arctic sea ice has crossed a "tipping point" that could soon make ice-free summers ... http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21626-arctic-sea-ice-may-have-passed-crucial-tipping-point.html 799e75871dbc06fa27e9b1f4a35b6d1e Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:22:55 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Bjørnar Kjensli/Science Nordic, 23 March 2012) -- A so-called lemming year tends to follow a cold and snowy winter. ... http://sciencenordic.com/lemmings%E2%80%99-loss-bounty-moss 4e61f4b92caeed1300ffdbc77514b010 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:57:17 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (BioMed Central press release ᔥ EurekAlert! 18 March 2012) -- House mice ( Mus musculus ) happily live wherever there are humans. ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-03/bc-tvj031612.php 5daa64113779bc598dedcc5c859a0c0c Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:48:55 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (AFP via Vancouver Sun, 27 February 2012) -- WASHINGTON - Melting sea ice in the Arctic may be causing the snowier winters the northern hemisphere ... http://www.vancouversun.com/life/environment/Melting+Arctic+causes+snowier+winters+study/6217668/story.html 2f9bd4ec0acf0e143c6196278d17f094 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:47:42 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham University of Zurich press release, 21 February 2012) -- Thawing permafrost will have far-reaching ramifications for populated areas, infrastructure ... http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112478651/global-permafrost-zones-shown-in-high-res-google-earth-images/ e59eda0f7192aae0eb874823c998453f Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:24:30 GMT Arctic Education and outreach News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Nicholas Wade/New York Times, 20 February 2012) -- Living plants have been generated from the fruit of a little arctic flower, the narrow-leafed ... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/science/new-life-from-an-arctic-flower-that-died-32000-years-ago.html aa769eba71ff7f58d5b2e17b053b23ee Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:38:40 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Randy Boswell/Vancouver Sun, 31 January 2012) -- Melting icefields on Baffin Island, one of the clearest signs of climate change on Earth, have ... http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Volcanic+activity+behind+Little/6077087/story.html 0c06395beaae92ddf8648de5a470b618 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:35:07 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Science Daily, 1 February 2012) -- Yellow-cedar, a culturally and economically valuable tree in southeastern Alaska and adjacent parts of British ... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120201181218.htm 877b3569d070d98019af7042a88f25cf Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:06:41 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Publication Amanda Graham (Catherine L. Carry, Kath Clarida, Denise Rideout, Dianne Kinnon, Rhonda M. Johnson/Polar Research, 31 January 2012) -- The three-part television ... http://www.naho.ca/inuit/2012/01/31/polar-research-article-on-inuit-tuttarvingat-projectperspective-qanuqtuurniq-finding-the-balance-an-ipy-television-series-using-community-engagement/ 88fb5e4f25ef08e63b2d8daa8787e5c5 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:03:24 GMT Arctic IPY project News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (BioMed Central press release, 29 January 2012) -- Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are the top marine predator, wherever they are found, and seem to eat ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-01/bc-wdk012712.php ce3ae54e9808d967e63fa34fb2371fd4 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:33:28 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey press release, 23 January 2012) -- Denver, CO - A pioneering airborne electromagnetic survey ... http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3079 f7f25daf8a6e2fc1a427c8c3b81f48f6 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:29:58 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (American Geophysical Union press release via Physorg.com, 31 December 2012) -- The relationship between permafrost, Arctic vegetation, soil erosion, ... http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-alaskan-lake-bed-cores-arctic.html d0d65dce605a8dfbada7a1c9282a0c37 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:56:42 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Sandra Hines/UW Today, 4 January 2012) -- A hemisphere-wide phenomenon – and not just regional forces – has caused record-breaking amounts of ... http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/russian-river-water-unexpected-culprit-behind-arctic-freshening-near-u.s.-canada f457e5f237b3022e17414e8027de8694 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:47:25 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Doug O'Harra/Alaska Dispatch, 2 January 2012) -- A Bering Sea swell rises 20 feet and compresses the seabed with tons of extra mass, sending a tiny ... http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/how-arctic-alaska-sea-ice-monitoring-benefits-scientists-industrialists 05d1ab275e0cac572cb9b0ae179c5e3b Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:15:25 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Ohio State University press release via redOrbit, 11 December 2011) -- A higher-than-normal 2010 melting season sped up the melting of ice in ... http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112437876/increased-ice-loss-resulted-in-greater-greenland-bedrock-lifting/index.html 255b81fa9b7a96db047c641753e4e351 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:02:37 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (University of Florida and University of Alaska Fairbanks press release via redOrbit, 1 December 2011) -- According to a survey published in the ... http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112432052/melting-permafrost-amplifies-global-warming-effect/index.html 74e353ca19f00a6739ae2119740cf9f0 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:53:33 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and University of Vienna press release via redOrbit, 30 November 2011) -- Ravens use their beaks and wings to ... http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112431133/ravens-use-gestures-to-signal-potential-partners/index.html d33aa327611f3bde0a4fc5e615e3e582 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:26:48 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Norden News, 16 November 2011) -- An English-language news service featuring research from the Nordic countries has just been launched. ... http://www.norden.org/en/news-and-events/news/new-on-line-journal-of-nordic-research fa626a94ab1137ceb7e88b729f86490b Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:43:49 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Summit County Citizens Voice, 14 November 2011) -- SUMMIT COUNTY - Forests at the edge of Alaska’s tundra have put on a growth spurt in the past ... http://summitcountyvoice.com/2011/11/14/global-warming-causes-growth-spurt-in-some-arctic-forests/ 3a749021048197bef725641caf525bcf Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:41:14 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (University of Colorado at Boulder press release, 14 November 2011) -- A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered ... http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/988dd111ad289f567bd293f531dc88a5.html 3857416510205ae81ff9377fe68e1233 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:14:21 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Ned Rozell/Alaska Science Forum via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 13 November 2011) -- FAIRBANKS - There’s a new kind of dinosaur out there, and it ... http://newsminer.com/bookmark/16406692-Scientists-discover-new-dinosaur-on-Alaska-s-North-Slope a5a953c8fab1504913fd679568dea72a Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:02:30 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Nunatsiaq News, 11 November 2011) -- The results of the 2011 population survey of Nunavik’s Leaf River caribou herd are in. ... http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunaviks_leaf_river_caribou_herd_decreasing_survey_concludes/ 96220613eacc92ee296bd62a72b16e87 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:36:36 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Journal of Experimental Biology press release, 28 October 2011) -- Their thick coats are the perfect protection in keeping the cold away from their ... http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112410590/reindeer-pant-to-release-heat/index.html 45316b1ac4a83d2211e10af4eab57c95 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:29:53 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Indo Asian News Service, 26 October 2011) -- London - Researchers think a Canadian ice shelf had broken up 1,400 years ago, long before ... http://in.news.yahoo.com/arctic-ice-shelf-might-broken-122846055.html a1e0481fee4391880c075a2a91b02f94 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:00:15 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Texas A&M University press release and other sources via redOrbit, 21 October 2011) -- A team of researchers, led by a Texas A&M archaeologist, has ... http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112406010/hunters-arrived-in-north-america-earlier-than-previously-thought/index.html f4c293745c55868d07103d11db72e156 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:55:14 GMT News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham CBC News, 2 October 2011) -- Unusual winter weather in the atmosphere high above the Earth's surface caused an "unprecedented" loss of protective ... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2011/10/03/arctic-ozone-hole.html ee5d0dc6a8e8e04f4f9b6c148006abd0 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:53:55 GMT Arctic Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (University of Washington press release, 22 September 2011) -- Relatively accurate predictions for the extent of Arctic sea ice in a given summer can ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/uow-mps092211.php ed30445d52d48435c915443b478c6e5d Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:56:54 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham (Cardiff University press release via Physorg.com, 8 September 2011) -- An international team of scientists, led by Dr Stephen Barker of Cardiff ... http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-years-greenland-abrupt-climate-variability.html 8eb824baa6ecc6f54ecef310f57481db Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:51:32 GMT Arctic News Polar research: Reports and findings Amanda Graham