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...substantial step" to the day when there will be no significant sea ice in the Arctic in the summer, said NASA chief scientist Waleed Abdalati."Why do we care?," Abdalati, an ice scientist, asked. "This ice has been an important factor...
...of recent flooding and high waters on Alaska's salmon won't be clear for years.Bob Clark, the department's chief scientist for sport fish, told the Anchorage Daily News there's a potential for fewer fish in the future, but it's too...
...climate change."Scientifically the change is nowhere near as substantial as what we see in the Arctic," says NASA chief scientist Waleed Abdalati, an ice expert. "But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be paying attention to it and shouldn't...
...model.Sullivan, a former astronaut and the first woman to walk in space, is now deputy administrator and acting chief scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Her agency, she said, faces a huge challenge in upgrading...
...typically does marine debris surveys every 5 to 10 years. The last was in 2008.Jacek Maselko, a NOAA biologist and chief scientist on the survey, said compared to 2008, the southeast Alaska sites visited didn't have a greater density of marine...
...plan that Gov. Sean Parnell ordered up after a summer of dismal king salmon returns.Alaska commercial fisheries chief scientist Erik Volk said researchers have an idea of how to approach the problem but want to hear from federal and university...
...a tone reminiscent of the mission's early days."Mars is a very complex planet, a very diverse place," said chief scientist Steve Squyres of Cornell University. "We're seeing some of that diversity here."After a three-year drive...
...population may be getting healthier and expanding back to traditional territories. "We are thrilled," Dr. Jay Barlow, chief scientist on board the McArthur II for a 120-day research cruise, said Friday from Kodiak. "It's been 30 years since...
...future reductions in greenhouse gas emissions would do little to save the polar bear," said Amstrup, who is now chief scientist for the conservation group Polar Bears International. "It seems clear that if people and leaders think that there's...
...of direct measurements of what happened in a particular location." Bill Ellsworth of Menlo Park, Calif., the chief scientist of the USGS earthquake hazards team, said seismologists want to know how strong the big earthquakes are close to...