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- Arctic Ocean Freshwater Increase.
Arctic Ocean Freshwater Increase.
Katharine Giles and colleagues have discovered that the freshwater stored in the
western Arctic Ocean has increased by 8000 km3 between the 1990s and
2010 by looking at changes in the sea surface height measured by the
European Space Agency Satellites ERS-2 and Envisat.
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Duncan Wingham appointed new Chief Executive of NERC.
22 November 2011
Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced the appointment of Professor Duncan Wingham as Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
Professor Wingham will take up the post from 1 January 2012. His appointment is for four years. Duncan Wingham is Professor of Climate Physics in the department of Earth Sciences and was the first Director of the NERC Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM).
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