Arctic Sciences (ARC) Discoveries

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		Glacier Movement Limits How Fast Sea Level Can Rise Study finds 3 to 6 feet by 2100 possible Released  September 18, 2008
		2007: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities reported last year Released  January 30, 2008
		Getting to the Core of Climate Change Graduate student tells how University at Buffalo geologists communicate their research on climatic change and its impact to local people Released  October 26, 2007
		Arctic Carbon a Potential Wild Card in Climate Change Scenarios An international team of scientists has determined that most of the 28 million tons of carbon that enters the Arctic Ocean each year is young and unlikely to affect the global climate balance. However, Arctic warming trends could change the equation. Released  July 30, 2004
		Arctic Thaw May Release Greenhouse Gases from Siberian Peat Bogs Siberian peat bogs, the frozen home of untold kilometers of moss and hordes of mosquitoes, are huge repositories for gases that are thought to play an important role in the Earth's climate balance, according to a team of U.S. and Russian scientists. Released  July 27, 2004