The scientists looked at glaciers which behave independently from the ice sheet, despite having some physical connection to it, and those which are not connected at all.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 18, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

In Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", the world had to wait ten million years to learn the question to the ultimate answer.  This might be justifiable for a question of such staggering importance ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

A modeling study from the European Alps suggests that population declines to be observed during the upcoming decades will probably underestimate the long-term effects of recent climate warming on mountain plants. A European ...

Biology - Ecology

May 07, 2012 4 / 5 (4) 3

Kimberly Casey is a glaciologist who spends a fair amount of time in the office analyzing satellite data. But when she talks about her fieldwork on remote glaciers, one suspects she could do pretty well in a triathlon, too. ...

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Apr 02, 2012 not rated yet 0

Coming from the Asian continent, Drosophila suzukii has only been in Spain for a short time. Far away from slipping through into the Iberian Peninsula, it accelerated towards the north of Europe where it has ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 16, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Researchers are beginning their analysis of what are probably the first successful ice cores drilled to bedrock from a glacier in the eastern European Alps.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jan 09, 2012 not rated yet 1

Climate change could cause increasing and unpredictable hazard risks in mountainous regions, according to a new study from the University of Exeter and Austrian researchers. The study analyses the effects of two extreme weather ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jun 15, 2010 2.3 / 5 (3) 1