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Earth's cooling came to sudden halt in 1900, study shows
An international study used tree rings and pollen to build the first record of global climate change, continent by continent, over 2,000 years.
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Antarctic ice tells conflicting story about climate change's role in big melt
Two different areas of Antarctica tell two very different stories about how climate change might be affecting ice melt. The data appear to confirm that climate change impacts can be very local.
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Global warming mystery: Are North and South really polar opposites?
Two studies, one about plants covering previously frozen landscapes in the Arctic, the other about expanding winter sea ice in Antarctica, appear to say different things about global warming.
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The ship 'The Simpsons' bought: Anti-whaling activists add vessel to fleet
The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, has built a fleet of four ships to rival Japan's whaling fleet. The latest addition was purchased from the Japanese government by the producer of 'The Simpsons' for $2 million.
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Dumping iron in the ocean could slow global warming, say scientists (+video)
Iron fertilizer can help prompt algae blooms, which absorb carbon dioxide and bury it on the ocean floor for centuries, a new study reports.
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Could dumping iron in the oceans slow global warming?
Using iron fertilizer to create algae blooms could help our oceans absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, say researchers.
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Scientists unravel mystery of humongous squid eyeballs
Living at extreme ocean depths, the colossal squid and its cousin, the giant squid, has unusually large eyes. A group of researchers say they now know what accounts for the animals' huge peepers.
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Albatross species finds it easier to fly with changing winds near South Pole
Winds off the Southern Ocean, around Antarctica, are shifting, making it easier for a particular species of albatross to fly farther.
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Yeti crabs and ghost octopuses! Antarctic deep-sea vents a trove of new species.
Yeti crabs heaped in piles, predatory sea stars stalking the perimeter, and ghostlike octopuses are among the extraordinary species discovered clustered around hydrothermal vents below the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean
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Sea Shepherd anti-whaling ship damaged while chasing Japanese vessel
Though the Sea Shepherd conservation group is down a ship, a rogue wave did succeed in putting a spotlight on Japan’s annual whaling season and the activist effort to put an end to it.
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Three eclipses start with midnight eclipse of the sun
Three eclipses will happen over the next month. As rare as that is, it all starts with another rarity - a midnight eclipse of the sun.
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Is Sea Shepherd's 'harassment' helping to end Japan’s annual whale hunt?
Japan announced it was suspending its annual whale hunt in the strongest sign yet that direct action from groups like Sea Shepherd and weak consumption of whale meat in Japan are having an impact on whaling.
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Japan's 'scientific' whaling season delayed, Sea Shepherd claims responsibility
Financial pressures, clashes with the Sea Shepherd antiwhaling activists, and a drop in the demand for whale meat are contributing to the delayed whaling ship departure.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: A Blue Planet
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Japan convicts Greenpeace's 'Tokyo Two' for whaling investigation
Two Greenpeace activists, dubbed the 'Tokyo Two' by the group, were given suspended sentences by a Japanese court after they conducted a private investigation into what they said was the illegal sale of whale meat.
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Whale wars: Japanese court lets Sea Shepherd activist go home
A court in Japan gave Sea Shepherd activist Peter Bethune a suspended two-year jail term Wednesday. During last winter's annual 'whale wars,' he sneaked onto a whaling ship to try to arrest its captain for sinking the Ady Gil speedboat.
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Whaling talks break down: Nations fail to agree on curbing Japan whale hunt
Whaling talks: Japanese officials and environmentalists traded blame Wednesday as nations failed to reach a deal to curb whale hunts.
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Ocean 'conveyor belt' isn't as simple as it sounds
Ocean conveyor belt theory, which posits that warm surface water flows poleward from the tropics and cools, where it then sinks and flows back to the equator, is incorporating some surprising twists and turns.
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Abby Sunderland says she hopes to sail around the world
In an AP interview, 16-year-old Abby Sunderland says she hopes to sail around the world and defended her parents.
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Japan sighs relief as bluefin tuna ban fails
Rejection Thursday of a bluefin tuna ban at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) drew sighs of relief from sushi chefs and fishermen across Japan. Japan consumes about three-quarters of the globe's bluefin tuna.
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Gallery: Top 10 unusual protests
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Whaling: Will Greenpeace trial in Japan put whalers on notice?
Two Greenpeace activists in Japan face up to 10 years in prison for tactics used in exposing black market sales of whale meat. Anti-whaling groups hope Monday's trial helps turn Japanese public opinion against the whale harvest.
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After whale wars, Greenpeace tries quieter tack
Two Greenpeace Japan activists will go to trial Feb. 12 after trying to expose illegal sales of whale meat. In a departure from the confrontational tactics of Sea Shepherd and its "Whale Wars," Greenpeace is trying to quietly convince Japan to end whaling.
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Whale Wars: Sea Shepherd Watson threatens citizen arrests, says donations pouring in
After a collision with a Japanese whaler that led to the sinking of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Societies Ady Gil last week, the group's leader Paul Watson threatened "citizen's arrests" and said the incident had been a fund-raising boon.
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Whale Wars: Sea Shepherd lodges piracy charge against Japanese whalers
Paul Watson and his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society allege piracy following the collision between the antiwhaling ship Ady Gil and Japan's Shonan Maru Number 2 earlier this week.
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