News tagged with glacier movement

Scientist develops lab machine to study glacial sliding related to rising sea levels

Neal Iverson opened his laboratory's walk-in freezer and said the one-of-a-kind machine inside could help scientists understand how glaciers slide across their beds. And that could help researchers predict ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blubbery 'researchers' lend fin to climate science

(AP) -- Into the Antarctic enigma, the puzzle of a place with too few researchers chasing too many climate mysteries, slowly waddles the elephant seal.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (27) | comments 1




Search results for glacier movement


Scientists measure Martian sand movement: Dune migration rates appear to be similar to those on Earth

Last year, images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured sand dunes and ripples moving across the surface of Mars—observations that challenged previously held beliefs that there was not a lot ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Southern sea levels rise drastically

(Phys.org) -- Sea levels have risen about 20cm in the South West Pacific since the late 19th century, a new scientific study shows.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Genetic study unravels ancient links between African and European populations

Large numbers of people moved between Africa and Europe during recent and well-documented time periods such as the Roman Empire, the Arab conquest, and the slave trade, and genetic evidence of these migrations lives on in ...

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Ice dam collapses at Argentine glacier

An ice dam at Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier collapsed early Sunday, creating an impressive spectacle not seen since July 2008, although few tourists were actually awake to experience the moment.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Capsizing icebergs release earthquake-sized energies

A large iceberg can carry a large amount of gravitational potential energy. While all icebergs float with the bulk of their mass submerged beneath the water's surface, some drift around with precarious orientations-they are ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New research shows 1992 earthquake in Pakistan was due to rare horizontal shift

(PhysOrg.com) -- The media (and school teachers, of course) has done a very good job of informing most people about how earthquakes work. We can all very easily imagine two great plates rubbing against one ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Extreme melting on Greenland ice sheet, team reports

The Greenland ice sheet can experience extreme melting even when temperatures don't hit record highs, according to a new analysis by Dr. Marco Tedesco, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 7

Will the English language ever die?

These cultural conventions are indicative of how a language impacts the worldview of the people who speak it. In Martu, an Aboriginal language from Western Australian, black and all dark colours are maru or maru-maru while ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 39

The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?

(AP) -- Tucked between treatises on algae and prehistoric turquoise beads, the study on page 460 of a long-ago issue of the U.S. journal Science drew little attention.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 24, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (28) | comments 97

Protecting the Valais by studying a river that runs through it

EPFL's Environmental Hydraulics Laboratory is working with Crealp (Center for Research on Alpine Environments) in Sion to model sediment deposits carried by the Naviscence River. They are simulating possible scenarios for ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


List of search results for glacier movement