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Hallo, eco-conscious viewers. On today’s Planet Earth: Our Loving Home we will present an interview with Dr. Veijo Pohjola, a glaciologist, climatologist and geologist from the Institute for Geoscience at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. He is the project leader of the 2007-2008 International Polar Year initiative called Kinnvika, a study on climate change and its impact on the polar regions. The International Polar Year is a collaboration of more than

This image is part of an ongoing seasonal monitoring effort in this location in the southern polar region of Mars. ars' south polar region changes significantly during the Martian year. During the southern hemisphere's winter, the polar cap increases dramatically as the lowered temperatures make a large portion of the atmosphere freeze out into ice. As spring approaches and the polar region begins to warm once again, the cap recedes revealing terrains

From 2007 to 2008 scientists from more than 60 nations met regularly in the Arctic and Antarctic to carry out the largest internationally coordinated research effort in over 50 years. Their goal: to create a detailed, holistic view of the state of our planet's quickly changing polar regions. That meant looking at sea ice, animals, the people who live in these forbidding environments and much more. Starting on June 8, for the first time, these scientists

The discoveries of Columbus and Vasco de Gama extended the geographical horizon without limit. Other discoverers followed in the footsteps of Columbus and de Gama, and their discoveries ultimately resulted in man's conquest of the air, the exploration of the Polar region, and the scaling of soaring mountain-peaks. Related posts:Book Review: John Tamiazzo A special dedication to those who have seen and loved. eing A Member Of Book Clubs Like The Literary

U. . scientists say tidal forces pulling on the moon when it still had a molten center may have caused a mysterious "bulge" on the far side of the moon. The bulge of elevated topography known as the lunar far side highlands has defied explanation for decades, but a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests tidal forces could have pulled up the moon's solid outer crust while it still floated on an ocean of liquid

Intro: Our Ross Sea voyage in 2011 ends in Hobart, and Antarctica's Far East begins there. Hobart, Tasmania, is just a short flight from Adelaide. Extending your stay in Australia makes sense because of the country's significant connections to the southern polar region. Our Ross Sea voyage in 2011 ends in Hobart, and Antarctica's Far East begins there. Hobart, Tasmania, is just a short flight from Adelaide. Extending your stay in Australia makes sense

This image shows a high-resolution heat intensity map of part of the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus, made from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The map reveals never-before-seen details of warm fractures that branch off like split ends from the ends of the main trenches of two "tiger stripes. The features nicknamed "tiger stripes" are long fissures that spray water vapor and icy particles. These two fissures, Cairo Sulcus (left)

In Hebrew, the Dead Sea is called Yam ha-Melah, the "sea of salt. Now measurements show that the sea's salt has profound effects on the chemistry of the air above its surface. he atmosphere over the Dead Sea, researchers have found, is laden with oxidized mercury. Some of the highest levels of oxidized mercury ever observed outside the polar regions exist there. he results appear in a paper published on-line November 28th in the journal Nature . More at

PASADENA, Calif. – New images and data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft give scientists a unique Saturn-lit view of active fissures through the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus. They reveal a more complicated web of warm fractures than previously thought. Scientists working jointly with Cassini's composite infrared spectrometer and its high-resolution imaging camera have constructed the highest-resolution heat intensity maps yet of the hottest