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Melting ice on Arctic islands a major player in sea level rise

Melting glaciers and ice caps on Canadian Arctic islands play a much greater role in sea level rise than scientists previously thought, according to a new study led by a University of Michigan researcher.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

EU caps smartphone roaming prices to fight 'rip-offs'

Europeans will pay less roaming charges when using their smartphones or tablets across EU borders from July 1 under new price caps adopted Thursday to end exorbitant bills for consumers.

Technology / Telecom

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study shows global glaciers, ice caps, shedding billions of tons of mass annually

Earth's glaciers and ice caps outside of the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of ice annually, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Planetary scientists solve 40-year-old mysteries of Mars' northern ice cap

Scientists have reconstructed the formation of two curious features in the northern ice cap of Mars—a chasm larger than the Grand Canyon and a series of spiral troughs—solving a pair of mysteries dating back ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Strange Martian Spirals Explained

Almost 40 years ago, NASA's Mariner 9 spacecraft relayed to Earth the first video images of Mars' northern polar ice cap, revealing a strange pattern of spiral swirls that has puzzled scientists ever since. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Out of thin Martian air

A wet Mars is just a memory, but where did the water go?

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Arctic sea ice continues decline, hits 2nd-lowest level

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last month the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 44 | with audio podcast

Two new bee species are mysterious pieces in the Panama puzzle

Smithsonian scientists have discovered two new, closely related bee species: one from Coiba Island in Panama and another from northern Colombia. Both descended from of a group of stingless bees that originated ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ghost alps of Antarctica are glimpsed after 14 million years

Millions of years ago, rivers ran in Antarctica through craggy mountain valleys that were strangely similar to the European Alps of today, Chinese and British scientists reported on Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (18) | comments 2

Arctic ice cap near 2007 record minimum: Russia

The polar ice cap in the Arctic has melted to near its 2007 record minimum level and in some areas is 50 percent smaller than average, Russia's environmental monitoring agency said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 26

'Thinking cap' makes brain waves in Australia

Scientists in Australia say they are encouraged by initial results of a revolutionary "thinking cap" that aims to promote creativity by passing low levels of electricity through the brain.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (19) | comments 21

Ancient fossils hold clues for predicting future climate change, scientists report

(PhysOrg.com) -- By studying fossilized mollusks from some 3.5 million years ago, UCLA geoscientists and colleagues have been able to construct an ancient climate record that holds clues about the long-term ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 08, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

It's a grind to make Mars red

(PhysOrg.com) -- The widespread idea that Mars is red due to rocks being rusted by the water that once flooded the red planet may be wrong. Recent laboratory studies show that the red dust may be formed by ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Europe, US to see snowy, cold winters: expert

Europe, North America and east Asia can expect more cold, moist and snowy winters such as the one just passed, a top scientist said Friday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 11, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (34) | comments 118

Melting of the Greenland ice sheet mapped

Will all of the ice on Greenland melt and flow out into the sea, bringing about a colossal rise in ocean levels on Earth, as the global temperature rises? The key concern is how stable the ice cap actually ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 0