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Understanding Antarctica’s dunes, which look like gentle but massive waves, could be critical to unraveling the history of Mars, if future visitors arrive to drill into its ice cap—the same way researchers drill cores in Antarctic ice to reconstruct climate history on Earth. NSIDC researcher Ted Scambos offers his insights on Antarctica's dunes.
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Arctic sea ice maximum at record low for third straight year
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NSIDC researcher Jeff Deems is collaborating with Colorado Department of Transportation and a local ski area to achieve better avalanche control by providing maps of the snowpack.
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NSIDC developed the IceBridge Data Portal for users to see the flight lines and their collected data sets in 2011. Recent updates have improved the portal.
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San Francisco, Calif.—In 2014, two Colorado avalanche control workers were whisked to the hospital after an avalauncher accident near the Continental Divide.
