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Scientists Flee Landlocked Polar Bear at Arctic Camp

The polar bear near the scientists' campsite off the Beaufort Sea. Polar bears have become increasingly confined to land as Arctic sea ice melts. Credit: Mark Maftei, Wildlife Conservation Society

Painting The Polar Landscape

At the limits of geography and physical endurance, artist-explorers found the ultimate inspiration in polar vistas they encountered in the 19th- and early 20th centuries. Featuring more than 50 works depicting the drama and magnificence of setting out to sea in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, To the Ends of the Earth, Painting the Polar Landscape opens November 8, 2008 and runs through March 1, 2009 at the Peabody Essex Museum.

As Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2008 Low, Street Art Project Highlights Shared Fate of Polar Bears, Humanity

We've unveiled a collaborative art project with well-known street artist Mark Jenkins. The project highlights the shared plight of polar bears and humans in the face of global warming. We hope these polar bear street art installations help people draw a deeper and more immediate connection to the reality of the crisis.

The Polar Express Presented in 3-D on Blu-ray(TM) Hi-Def and DVD Debuts October 28 from Warner Home Video

The Polar Express Presented in 3-D on Blu-ray(TM) Hi-Def and DVD Debuts October 28 from Warner Home Video

The Polar Express Presented in 3-D on Blu-ray(TM) Hi-Def and DVD Debuts October 28 from Warner Home Video

BURBANK, Calif. - The Polar Express, the beloved classic and one of Warner Home Video and Shangri-La Entertainment’s all-time best-selling family DVDs, is pulling into the station October 28 for the first time presented in eye-popping 3-D on Blu-

Nero, Polar Frog bringing on-demand DVD kiosks to market

GLENDALE, Calif. — Nero, creator of liquid-media technology, and Polar Frog Digital, provider of innovative on-demand video services for DVD and downloadable solutions, have announced an exclusive U.S. agreement to bring on-demand DVD-video creation and distribution to retailers and consumers.

Mars polar cap mystery solved

This is a mosaic of images taken by the Mars Expresss Visible and Infrared Mineralogical Mapping Spectrometer OMEGA. It shows the residual south polar cap at the end of northern winter on the Red Planet. The cap appears clearly asymmetric its centre ...

Nero and Polar Frog Digital Partner for On-Demand Video DVD Creation and Distribution

GLENDALE, Calif. & SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Nero, creators of liquid media technology, and Polar Frog Digital, a provider of innovative on-demand video services for DVD and downloadable solutions, today announced an exclusive U.S. agreement to bring on-demand video DVD creation and distributi

State of Alaska sues to overturn listing of polar bears as a threatened species

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) _ The state of Alaska sued Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on Monday, seeking to reverse his decision to list polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

Polar bears turn green

The normally white bears at the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens changed colour after swimming in an algae-filled pond.

Polar designers are Inventors of the Month

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Mars Polar Cap Mystery Solved: Why Southern Ice Cap Is 'Misplaced'

Scientists are now able to better explain why Mars’s residual southern ice cap is misplaced, thanks to data from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft - the martian weather system is to blame. And so is the largest impact crater on Mars – even though it is nowhere near the south pole.

Mars polar cap is misplaced due to Red Planet

Paris, September 23 : Data from ESA's (European Space Agency's) Mars Express spacecraft has enabled scientists to better explain why Mars's residual southern ice cap is misplaced, attributing the cause of the mystery to the Martian weather system.

Put polar bears first? Not Palin

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Algae-dyed polar bears puzzle Japan zoo visitors (AP)

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Why is Mars' Southern Polar Cap Crooked?

Mars Express Data from Mars South Pole. Credits: ESA/ Image Courtesy of F. Altieri (IFSI-INAF) and the OMEGA team

Quantum gas of ultracold polar molecules is a first

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Sarah Palins environment record targeted by polar bears in computer game PolarPalin

Sarah Palin, the US Republican party's vice-presidential candidate, has become the unwitting star of an online computer game questioning her environmental credentials.

Dartmouth awarded NSF grant for new polar sciences, engineering grad program

The Dickey Center for International Understanding, through its Institute for Arctic Studies, has been awarded nearly $3 million by the National Science Foundation through its Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program.

Robot lander detects snow falling on Mars

Polar explorer: Phoenix landed at 68.2 degrees north latitude, 234.2 degrees east longitude. The far-northern location of the site is indicated on this global view from the Mars Orbiter Camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft.

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Polar Mesospheric Clouds (also known as noctilucent clouds) are transient, upper atmospheric phenomena observed usually in the summer months at high latitudes (greater than 50 degrees) of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. This image was acquired at an altitude of just over 200 miles in the pre-dawn hours of July 22, 2008 as the International Space Station was passing over western Mongolia in central Asia. Credit: NASA

Strange Clouds Spotted at the Edge of Space

Polar Mesospheric Clouds (also known as noctilucent clouds) are transient, upper atmospheric phenomena observed usually in the summer months at high latitudes (greater than 50 degrees) of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. This image was acquired at an altitude of just over 200 miles in the pre-dawn hours of July 22, 2008 as the International Space Station was passing over western Mongolia in central Asia. Credit: NASA

A metallic Nintendo DS

After the polar white, onyx (black), coral pink, crimson (red & black) and metallic rose colors, Nintendo plans to offer another dressing for its DS which will be closer to gadgets, being metallic silver. Starting September 7th, Nintendo will please its fans with a new color for its triumphant portable console, the Nintendo DS. Undoubtedly, many players among the millions who adopted this machine will want to add the metallic silver color to their collection.

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