The second stage opened the capsule in 144 seconds, separated itself from the rocket in 266 seconds and fell on the open waters of the Pacific 1, 646 km off from the launching station, that is 40 degrees 13 minutes north latitude 149 degrees 07 minutes east longitude.

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The warming of high-latitude North America and the adjacent Arctic Ocean is the largest of any on the planet.

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"The high latitude North Atlantic Ocean is a globally important ocean region, as it is a sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide and an area where deep water formation takes place, " Prof Achterberg observed.

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Anchorage sits on the 61st latitude, 150 miles north of Oslo, Norway.

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"The most troubling finding is the marked increase in the tropical waters of the Northern Hemisphere centered around the globe at a latitude of roughly 5 degrees north, " said Strong.

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The tar sands begin near the border of Saskatchewan, around the latitude of Edmonton, and extend, in three major deposits, north and west almost to British Columbia.

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Not only is it farther north than you might expect to find a desert (it's at approximately the same latitude as Medford, 220 miles to the west), but it's also more representative of the Pacific Northwest's climate and ecology than is the fogbound coast.

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