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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:54:49 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Renewable energy comes to Antarctica: New wind farm to help power U.S. and New Zealand antarctic stations
On 16 January 2010, U.S. and New Zealand officials held an opening ceremony for a three-turbine wind farm on Ross Island. Engineers estimate that the wind farm will cut fuel consumption at McMurdo Station and Scott Base by about 240,000 gallons every year.
To learn more about the new wind farm, read Winding up: ...
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:48:53 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Geoscientists Drill Deepest Hole in Ocean Crust in Scientific Ocean Drilling History
Geoscientists Drill Deepest Hole in Ocean Crust in Scientific Ocean Drilling History
For eight weeks beginning in November 2009, off the coast of New Zealand, an international team of 34 scientists and 92 support staff and crew on board the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution (JR) were at work investigating sea-level change in a region called the Canterbury Basin. It proved to be a record-breaking trip for the research team.
The JR is one of the primary research vessels of an international research program called the Integrated Ocean Drilling ...
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