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Articles

Title	Author	Type	Date	Words
Getting to the bottom of the Greenland ice sheet: glacial lakes accelerate flow of ice to the sea.	Nevala, Amy E.	Cover story	Oct 1, 2009	1358
Alpine Antarctica, before all the ice: study details chain of peaks under continent's flat surface.	Perkins, Sid		Jul 4, 2009	337
3D modelling of ice-covered flows in the vicinity of a deep hole in the East Channel of the Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T.	Inkratas, Chris; Gharabaghi, Bahram; Beltaos, Spyros; Krishnappan, Bommanna	Report	May 1, 2009	7686
Crack! A lake atop the Greenland Ice Sheet disappears!	Carlowicz, Mike; Lippsett, Lonny		Sep 1, 2008	561
A grand ice canyon.		Brief article	Sep 1, 2008	111
Antarctic ice tells tale of time with low carbon dioxide levels: core reveals temperature shifts over 800,000 years.	Perkins, Sid		Jun 7, 2008	663
Melt pond falls through ice in Greenland: watching flow sharpens picture of moving glaciers.	Perkins, Sid		May 10, 2008	548
More ice loss.		Brief article	Mar 1, 2007	80
Laboratory study of anchor ice evolution around rocks and on gravel beds.	Qu, Y.X.; Doering, J.		Jan 1, 2007	4784
Greenland defrosts.			Jun 22, 2006	421
Ice watchers.		Brief Article	Dec 1, 2004	228
Ice-dammed lakes had cooling effect.	Perkins, Sid	Brief Article	Feb 7, 2004	234
Once upon a lake: the life, times, and demise of the world's largest lake.	Perkins, Sid		Nov 2, 2002	1873
Ice sheet melting key to sea level rise. (Antarctic).		Brief Article	Jun 1, 2002	709
New studies show cooling and ice-sheet thickening in Antarctica. (Environmental Intelligence).	Larson, Vanessa	Brief Article	May 1, 2002	412
UNCOVERING EVIDENCE OF GIANT ANCIENT ICE SHEETS.		Brief Article	Jun 1, 2001	547
Ice Probe Provides Antarctic History.		Brief Article	Jun 1, 2001	442
Greenland's ice is thinner at the margins.	Perkins, S.	Brief Article	Jul 22, 2000	471
Another huge iceberg breaks free from Antarctica.	Mastny, Lisa	Brief Article	May 1, 2000	500
No Major Changes in Antarctic Ice Sheet.		Brief Article	Aug 1, 1999	198
Antarctic ice shelves see another big breakup.	Dunn, Seth		Jan 1, 1999	457
Will Antarctica melt into the sea?			Jan 1, 1998	675
Winter, Greenland-style.	Monastersky, Richard	Brief Article	Dec 13, 1997	224
Students stranded on ice floe.	Bourgeois, Annette		Jul 1, 1997	567
North Pole ice: any thinning in sight?		Brief Article	Dec 24, 1994	330
Ice core heats up Antarctica.		Brief Article	Mar 12, 1994	183
Stones crush standard ice history.	Monastersky, Richard		Jan 1, 1994	462
Deep ice stirs debate on climate stability.	Monastersky, Richard		Dec 11, 1993	596
Satellite radar keeps tabs on glacial flow.	Monastersky, Richard		Dec 4, 1993	671
Greenland ice shows climate flip-flops.	Monastersky, Richard		Sep 26, 1992	667
Antarctic ice: slippin' and slidin.' (ice sheet movements found irregular in 100,000-year cycle study) (Brief Article)		Brief Article	Sep 26, 1992	314
Tales from ice time: two holes through Greenland offer a glimpse of climates past and future.	Monastersky, Richard	Cover Story	Sep 14, 1991	3207
CO2 jumps before ice sheets slump....	Monastersky, Richard		Jun 16, 1990	416
Antarctic ice potentially unstable.			May 5, 1990	367