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As ice melts away from Antarctica, parts of the continental bedrock are rising in response -- and other parts are sinking, scientists have discovered.
The finding will give much needed perspective to satellite instruments that measure ice loss on the continent, and help improve estimates of future sea level rise.

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POLENET or The Polar Earth Observing Network is a collaborative project in which international scientists and engineers are working together in the polar regions to understand how the earths surface responds to the changing size of polar ice sheets. The amount of water locked up in these ice sheets is so large that even minor melting can increase the rate of sea level rise around the world, affecting billions of people who live in coastal areas.

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Antarctic plane crash
A passenger on an aircraft which crashed while taking off from a remote research site in west Antarctica has told of the plane tumbling over the ice.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) charter aircraft sustained heavy damage on Thursday after one side failed to lift off, catching the ice and sending the passengers and equipment spinning.
NSF officials refused to release any details to The Press. However, an unidentified passenger has revealed details of the accident in an online report.

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POLENET or The Polar Earth Observing Network is a consortium involving people from 28 nations that aims to dramatically improve the coverage of many different kinds of geophysical data across the polar regions of the Earth. It has been endorsed as a core activity of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008.
It will overcome the scarcity of observational systems in the Earth's polar regions and will provide a legacy in observational infrastructure. Technological capabilities in deploying autonomous systems in extreme environments will be developed and extended new datasets will be made available to the global science community.

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