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PARIS, France and NUUK, Greenland, September 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) cable ship 'Ile de Sein'* landed today in Nuuk, the 2,100 km section (or trunk cable) of Tele Greenland's submarine cable network. After completing the cable loading in Calais (France) in July, the 'Ile de Sein' began laying segments 1 and 2 in early August from Landeyjasandur in Iceland to Qaqortoq in Greenland. Following a route carefully assessed with survey...
A US team of researchers concluded that global sea levels are very unlikely to reach above 2m during this century. In fact, the speed of glaciers resulting in a rise over 2m is "physically untenable", researchers note in Friday's edition of the journal Science. Scientists say that news is still nothing to applaud."Even a sea level rise of 20cm (8in) in a century will have quite dramatic implications," said Shad O'Neel from the US Geological Survey (USGS)."This work is in no way...
Only changes in carbon dioxide levels are able to explain the transition from the mostly ice-free Greenland of three million years ago, to the ice-covered Greenland of todayThere have been many reports in the media about the effects of global warming on the Greenland ice-sheet, but there is still great uncertainty as to why there is an ice-sheet there at all.Reporting yesterday (28 August) in the journal Nature, scientists at the University of Bristol and the University of Leeds show that...
Researchers monitoring daily satellite images here of Greenland's glaciers have discovered break-ups at two of the largest glaciers in the last month.They expect that part of the Northern hemisphere's longest floating glacier will continue to disintegrate within the next year.A massive 11-square-mile (29-square-kilometer) piece of the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland broke away between July 10th and by July 24th. The loss to that glacier is equal to half the size of Manhattan...
The burning of coal in North America and western Europe has been a prime contributor to heavy metal pollution in the Arctic, according to a new study.Scientists from the Desert Research Institute measured levels of cadmium, lead and thallium in a Greenland ice core and found them to be linked other chemicals that point to coal as the origin.These chemicals accumulate in the bodies of plants and animals that live in the region. Some Arctic caribou, whales, polar bears and even humans carry...
Known as top predator in its icy terrain around the North Pole, the polar bear could be at risk of becoming prey to another predator: the shark.Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute were trying to gauge the effect of massive thawing at the North Pole on how far sharks hunt seals in the Arctic. In June they made an unexpected discovery when they found part of the jaw of a young polar bear in the stomach of a Greenland shark."We've never heard of this before. We don't know how it got...
The German Research Vessel Polarstern had to prove its ice breaking capabilities in Arctic waters to gain data on two series of long-term research measurements. After working in regions up to latitude 82° N, Polarstern of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association entered port in Reykjavik (Iceland) on August 10th."This year, we had to cope with exceptional heavy ice coverage", says chief scientist Prof. Gerhard Kattner. The sea ice...
By Jessica Fargen, Boston Herald Jul. 31--Sabinio Stpruex says he witnessed his close pal's stabbing death early yesterday just as she desperately tried to dial 9-1-1 to save another friend's life. Stpruex, 23, was at the home of Greenland Etienne, 33, in Lynn when Louna Eveillard, 26, sought a safe haven for her four small children away from her boyfriend, Rodlyn Petitbois. Petitbois later allegedly kidnapped Eveillard and the kids and fled the murder scene. As told to Jessica Fargen...
A team of Penn State scientists has discovered a new ultra-small species of bacteria that has survived for more than 120,000 years within the ice of a Greenland glacier at a depth of nearly two miles. The microorganism's ability to persist in this low-temperature, high-pressure, reduced-oxygen, and nutrient-poor habitat makes it particularly useful for studying how life, in general, can survive in a variety of extreme environments on Earth and possibly elsewhere in the solar system. The work...
Following a formidable 106-day trek across the Arctic, which ended with the two Arctic Arc expedition members relying on Envisat images to guide them safely through disintegrating sea-ice, intrepid polar explorer Alain Hubert recently visited ESA to handover a unique set of snow-depth measurements.To coincide with the launch of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008, Alain Hubert and fellow explorer Dixie Dansercoer ventured out onto the sea-ice to embark upon a trek from Siberia to...
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The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as the saddleback seal, is a true seal in the Phocidae family. It is native to northern areas of the Atlantic Ocean and to some areas of the Arctic Ocean. Its scientific name means "ice-lover from Greenland,” and it was previously classified within Phoca genus, although studies have shown that it is unique enough to be in a distinct genus. It holds two recognized subspecies, P. groenlandicus groenlandicus and P. groenlandicus oceanicus....
Baffin Bay, which is located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland, is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It’s connected to the Atlantic by Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea. A narrower Nares Strait connects the Baffin Bay with the Arctic Ocean. The Baffin Bay is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is bordered by Baffin Island towards the west, Greenland towards the east, and Ellesmere Island towards the north. It is connected to the Atlantic through the Davis...
The muskox (Ovibos moschatus), also known as the musk ox, is native to the Arctic areas of Canada, United Sates, and Greenland. Populations have been introduced into Norway, Sweden, and Siberia, but these are small. There was a population in Antarctica, but it was wiped out due to hunting and climate change, which caused its habitat to decline. Despite this, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service introduced a new population onto Nunivak Island in Antarctica, as a means of supported...
Symbol: STGR8 Group: Lichen Family: Stereocaulaceae Growth Habit: Lichenous Native Status: NA N Classification: Kingdom Fungi – Fungi Division Ascomycota – Sac fungi Class Ascomycetes Order Lecanorales Family Stereocaulaceae Genus Stereocaulon Hoffm. – snow lichen Species Stereocaulon groenlandicum (E. Dahl) Lamb – Greenland snow lichen
Symbol: SIGR8 Group: Monocot Family: Iridaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: GL N Distribution: SisyrinchiumgroenlandicumBöcher distribution:DEN(GL) Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Liliopsida –...
