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Antarctica & Arctic

"Why Is Antarctica's Sea Ice Growing While the Arctic Melts?"

"While Arctic ice is melting at a record pace, a team of NASA-led researchers say they can explain why Antarctic sea ice has been edging in the opposite direction. That paradox has puzzled scientists for years and given climate-change deniers fodder to dispute global warming."

Source: InsideClimate News, 05/31/2016

"Antarctica’s Ice Is Being Carved Up From Below"

"Two years ago, a pair of scientific studies documented that the glaciers of West Antarctica, which hold back over 3 meters (nearly 10 feet) of potential sea level rise, are melting and retreating from below. The cause? It appears that these glaciers, which are perched on the seafloor deep below the ocean surface, are being lapped at by flows of warm ocean currents."

Source: Wash Post, 03/16/2016
June 1, 2016

DEADLINE: Antarctic Artists and Writers Program

This National Science Foundation program supports writing and artistic projects specifically designed to increase the public’s understanding and appreciation of the Antarctic and human endeavors on the southernmost continent. Apply by June 1, 2016.

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