Putin to attend conference on the Arctic 17 March 2010, 17-1 Hrs
Moscow, March 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will attend the international Arctic Conference where the exploration and development of mineral resources, environmental protection and improving transport infrastructure in the region will be discussed, an official said.
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Ice shelves attached to Antarctica are disappearing 23 February 2010, 23-1 Hrs
Washington, Feb 23 Floating ice shelves attached to Antarctica are disappearing due to global warming, says a new study, adding that this is especially alarming because the shelves hold together the Antarctic ice sheet that covers nearly 98 percent of the continent.
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China sets up sea level-watch station in Antarctica 22 February 2010, 22-2 Hrs
Zhongshan Station (Antarctica), Feb 22 China's 26th Antarctic expedition team has set up a permanent, real time data transmission tide-examination station in waters close to China's Antarctic Zhongshan Station to monitor the change of the sea level, an official said Monday.
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Whales waylay Australia, Japan relation 20 February 2010, 20-1 Hrs
Sydney, Feb 20 (DPA) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's surprise threat to take legal action to stop Japan killing whales in Antarctica has drained goodwill from the first visit to Australia by Tokyo's new top diplomat.
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Worst is over for global economy but recovery weak: G7 07 February 2010, 07-0 Hrs
Toronto, Feb 7 Finance ministers from the world's top seven industrialised (G7) nations who wound up their two-day informal chats in the Canadian Arctic city of Iqaluit admitted Saturday that the recovery from the global recession is still weak.
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Drilling project to reveal climate change in Antarctic 29 January 2010, 29-1 Hrs
Sydney, Jan 29 The world's largest marine geoscience project is underway to drill deep beneath the Antarctic to discover clues to climate change.
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Norwegian, American celebrate successful ski across Antarctic 22 January 2010, 22-1 Hrs
Oslo, Jan 22 (DPA) Norwegian Cecilie Skog and American Ryan Waters rested Friday after achieving the feat of skiing unassisted across the Antarctic.
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14 Keralites set for Antarctica vacation 15 January 2010, 15-1 Hrs
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 Leisure travel seems to have come of age in Kerala. Fourteen Keralites, including three women, are all set for an exciting 11-day vacation trip to Antarctica in March.
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Melting tundra will tumble vast carbon waste into Arctic Ocean 12 January 2010, 12-1 Hrs
London, Jan 12 Rise in temperature is already causing the sea ice in the Arctic to melt. If Arctic tundra also follows suit, it will tumble vast organic wastes into rivers heading for the Arctic Ocean, upping carbon dioxide emissions, fear scientists.
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Arctic blast covers US; four special-needs students dead 08 January 2010, 08-0 Hrs
Washington, Jan 8 (DPA) A new Arctic blast threatened Thursday to blanket much of the US in deeper snow and sink temperatures into a deep chill as far south as Florida.
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