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The way we sample much of the world's oceans, to see what's living down there, is pretty basic: Ask fishermen. Or just stick a net down there, and examine what we catch. Neither method is ideal. Because you basically catch the fish and kill them. Phi

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Everyone knows the story of the Titanic, the great ocean liner that struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic. Less widely known is the icebergs story: where did it come from, and how did it get in the way of the ship? Although the vas

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More than 300 scientists from 14 countries brought their skills to the Greenland base camp over five summers. Jim White studies really old ice. He thinks it will help predict what the climate will be like in the future. White is director of the Insti

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Arctic Ice Melting Faster Than Predicted As government officials from eight Arctic nations - the United States, Russia, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland - prepare to meet in Greenland next week to discuss the challenges of climate

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ELISE HU, HOST: The world's oceans are rising up about eight inches on average over the past century. The seas are rising more in some places than others. As NPR's Christopher Joyce reports, scientists are beginning to predict where the rise will be

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By human standards, a few vertebrate species have incredible longevity. Some tortoises live for nearly 200 years. Bowhead whales can live even a decade or two longer. But now theres a new champion: the Greenland sharkwhich conservative estimates have

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As five European foreign ministers meet in Copenhagen to prepare for an aggreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, scientists in Greenland are warning about accelerated glacier melts. Several years ago, scientists reported that the Helheim Glacier, su

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By Kane Farabaugh New York City 01 August 2007 During the Cold War, Greenland was a strategic location for the United States military to track and detect Soviet aircraft and ballistic missiles. The military established radar and tracking sites throug

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模仿句子：But we start with someone who spent two years patrolling a border. When Morten Hilmer served in the Danish army, he was sent to join a special force called the Sirius Patrol. They used dog sleds to protect the country's interests on th