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Thursday May 16 | The Guardian

Svalbard job vacancy: polar bear spotter wanted

Arctic archipelago seeks person to stand guard while researchers carry out fieldwork.

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Thu May 09, 2013

FiveThirtyEight

Dot Earth Blog: Fresh Analysis of the Pace of Warming and Sea-Level Rise

Here are two useful articles assessing the latest thinking on the pace at which Greenland ice loss could raise sea levels and the implications of the recent plateau in global temperatures : Michael Lemonick at Climate Central writes on new research finding it's unlikely that the recent surge of ice flowing into the sea from Greenland's glaciers is ... (more)

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