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Global mean temperatures have risen one degree Fahrenheit over the past 100 years, with more than half of the increase occurring in the last 25 years, according to University of Colorado at Boulder Senior Researcher Richard Armstrong.
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NSIDC began when the World Data Center for Glaciology moved to Boulder, Colorado in 1976. NSIDC subsequently earned support from NOAA, NASA, and the NSF.
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Warmer surface temperatures during summers can cause more ice on Antarctica ice shelves to melt into standing water ponds, then leak into cracks and increase the odds of collapse, according to a new study published by an American team of scientist
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Data citations have often gotten short shrift, until recently. The rise of informatics, or the science of preserving data and making it accessible, promoted policies that ensure data are archived and protected.