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ACCACIA
A better understanding of cloud and aerosol processes in the Arctic is critical to understanding the polar atmosphere and developing more realistic climate models.
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Landslide-Tsunami
Investigating the various ways in which Arctic climate warming could potentially influence the stability of marine sediment slopes and trigger underwater landslides.
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MAMM
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas present throughout the Arctic and this project is investigating and modelling its sources, its transport and its role in Arctic atmospheric chemistry.
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Eurasian Arctic
Understanding the composition and processing of organic carbon deposited within sediments of the shallow Eurasian Arctic shelf seas and how this contributes to the global carbon cycle in a warming Arctic.
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Polar bear sighting during ACCACIA research
Scientists and crew members of a British research ship studying Arctic climate change had a close encounter with one of the Arctic’s iconic creatures after spotting a polar bear. The Royal Research Ship James Clarke Ross is in the Arctic as one of several summer research projects of the Natural Environment Research Council’s Arctic Research Programme (ARP).
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Blog: ACCACIA first science flight
ACCACIA gets its first science flight to the edge of the sea ice but fog prevents flying below 500 feet.
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Blog: MAMM's second intensive air campaign to start soon
As the ARP's project to investigate and model the sources of methane gas, its transport and its role in Arctic atmospheric chemistry, gets underway, prinicpal investigator Professor John Pyle muses on the latest campaign.
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Blog: ACCACIA project sees success and a bit of fog
Success for the ACCACIA flights but fog threatens the mission as the scientists fly high above the sea ice north of Svalbard
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Blog: MAMM - Arctic methane, what’s the story?
MAMM scientist Dr Michelle Cain explains why our scientists are in the Arctic, what the effect of climate change on the region is and why her project is studying methane emissions.
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Blog: ACCACIA back in the field
With the ACCACIA team back in the field the lead investigator, Dr Ian Brooks, restarts the project's blog.
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Blog: MAMM - Transiting to Kiruna
Dr Jennifer Muller, University of Manchester details her work aboard the FAAM aircraft for the MAMM project.
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Blog: MAMM - Mr Blue Sky
Dr Sam Illingworth, of The University of Manchester, details his work for MAMM, and reveals a love of a classic ELO song.
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Blog: MAMM - And in the blue corner...
Dr Grant Allen, University of Manchester tells us how a converted passenger jet with all the seats ripped out is the perfect platform for scientific research.
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Blog: MAMM - A night in Stordalen wetland, Abisko
Dr Rebecca Fisher, of Royal Holloway University of London, tells us why she's staying up all night in an isolated wetland.
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Blog: MAMM -Methane and Mosquitoes
While most of the MAMM team toil in the heavens above, some of the team face more down-to-earth challenges, ike flies and mosquitoes.
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News: Blog featured in Scientific American and Yahoo! News
MAMM blog featured in major scientific science and news sites.
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Blog: MAMM - Second day of flying
Second day's flying for the MAMM team as they see more methane than during their previous day's flying.
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Blog: MAMM - First full day of flying
The red and the blue team take to the skies.
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Blog: MAMM - First science flight
The update reveals how all of the mission scientist got onto the first flight - and how our scientist on the roadtrip spotted the flight go overhead.
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Blog: MAMM - Road Trip Part 1, "In the beginning"
MAMM scientist Dave Lowry is out on a demanding road trip, taking samples and finding his porpoise.
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News: Monitoring Earth's Canary
In a special blog for NERC's Planet Earth Online Dr Sam Illingworth explains why scientists work in the harsh Arctic environment.
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Blog: MAMM - Sunday 19th August flights
MAMM scientist Dr Michelle Cain reflects on the air campaign and a little plane called Sky Arrow
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Blog: MAMM Road Trip Part 2 – Top of the Continent to the Baltic
The second part of the MAMM Lapland air sampling road trip – August 12-17, 2013. Top of the Continent to the Baltic – Saturday Aug 17, 16:00 UT
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Blog: MAMM - Going home...
On the final day of the MAMM operation our scientists look closer to home, sampling methane production from human sources like gas rigs in the North Sea.
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Blog: MAMM - Seeing ghosts; are all methanes the same?
Where our intrepid scientists look for methane and find a spooky icon of the Arctic.
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News: IASC Medal Award 2014
Reminder - IASC Medal Award 2014 nominations open
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News: Respecting the Arctic, promoting UK interests
New UK report shows that respect for Arctic states, local people and the environment is fundamental to Arctic engagement. It also highlights Arctic Research Programme's importance.
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