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In Search of Botanical Treasures
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Linnaeus sent two dozen of his best students to explore the world on his behalf.
IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, THE SWEDISH NATURALIST CAROLUS
Linnaeus imposed order on what had been a chaotic world of plants, animals, and minerals. He established a radical system of two-part Latin names-genus and specific epithet-for the natural world that scientists still use today. An NEH-supported exhibition at the American Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia marks the tercentenary of Linnaeus's birth and examines his work and the work of his followers in North America. On view until July 1, "Come into ...
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Validation of ECMWF sea level pressure analyses over the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica
Magazine article from: Weather and Forecasting
; ...southern Bellingshausen Sea were used to assess...the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas. Cullather et al...the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas during 1993 and 1994...floes in the southern Bellingshausen Sea during early 2001...
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Antarctic Sea ice and the southern oscillation
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
; ...Antarctic climate and sea ice anomalies and...ice cover of the Bellingshausen/Amundsen Seas showed a unique...between Antarctic sea ice and the Southern...are found in the Bellingshausen, Amundsen, and Ross Seas. The ice anomalies...
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Southern ocean climate and sea ice anomalies associated with the southern oscillation
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate
; ...air temperature, and sea surface temperature fields, while the sea ice dataset describes...anomalies are found in the Bellingshausen, Amundsen, and Ross Seas. The composite fields...with lower (higher) sea level pressure, cooler...sea ice extent in the Bellingshausen ...
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Extreme Anomalous Atmospheric Circulation in the West Antarctic Peninsula Region in Austral Spring and Summer 2001/02, and Its Profound Impact on Sea Ice and Biota*
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate
; ...Exceptional sea ice conditions...anomalies in the Bellingshausen-Amundsen...southwest Weddell Seas. This created...on regional sea ice, oceanography...adjoining southern Bellingshausen Sea regions are...extent in the Bellingshausen Sea. as fluctuations...
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Wind-Forced intraseasonal sea level variability of the extratropical oceans
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography
; ...ABSTRACT Seven years' worth of sea level observations from the...particular regions: the Bellingshausen Basin west of Drake Passage...bottom boundary layer. In the Bellingshausen Basin, the phase of the...near the date line, the Bellingshausen Basin west of Drake Passage...
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Distribution and characteristics of mesoscale cyclones in the Antarctic: Ross Sea eastward to the Weddell Sea
Magazine article from: Monthly Weather Review
; ...Cyclones in the Antarctic: Ross Sea Eastward to the Weddell Sea* ABSTRACT The mesoscale cyclone...diameter is about 370 km over the Bellingshausen Sea and 380 km on the Weddell...deep vortices occurs over the Bellingshausen Sea sector (38% of all cases...
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Exploring sea ice indexes for polar ecosystem studies.
Magazine article from: BioScience
; ...quantitative approach to describe sea ice variability while working...marine ecosystem in the seasonal sea ice zone west of the Antarctic...annual advance and retreat of sea ice affects all levels of the...In particular, the LTER and Bellingshausen regions are the only regions...
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The frozen skin of the southern ocean. (biology of the sea-ice zone in Antarctica)
Magazine article from: American Scientist
; ...December, and by February the only remaining large areas of perennial sea ice are in the eastern Ross Sea, the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas, and the western Weddell Sea. The region of the Southern Ocean that annually fluctuates between open...
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Antarctic sea ice is on the increase.(Antarctica)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Geographical
; Sea ice in the Antarctic has by...there has been an increase in sea ice since consistent satellite...average, the area in which sea ice seasons have lengthened...Sea and virtually the entire Bellingshausen sea had shorter seasons. The...
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Measurements of Surface Wave Decay and Directional Spectra in the Marginal Sea Ice Zone*
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography
; ...vehicle (AUV) missions were carried out under sea ice in the western Bellingshausen Sea. Data from the upward-looking acoustic Doppler...dependent attenuation of waves propagating through sea ice was observed. Mean period increased with distance...
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