News tagged with greenland ice cap
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
Sep 16, 2009 |
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New proxy reveals how humans have disrupted the nitrogen cycle
More and more, scientists are getting a better grip on the nitrogen cycle. They are learning about sources of nitrogen and how this element changes as it loops from the nonliving, such as the atmosphere, soil ...
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Environmental group measures methane seeps in the Arctic
(Phys.org) -- A team of researchers, led by Katey Walter Anthony, of the University of Alaska, has been studying and mapping so-called seeps, holes in lake ice near the edges of glaciers where methane is bubbling ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 21, 2012 |
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ESA declares end of mission for Envisat satellite
Just weeks after celebrating its tenth year in orbit, communication with the Envisat satellite was suddenly lost on 8 April. Following rigorous attempts to re-establish contact and the investigation of failure ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 09, 2012 |
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Earth has less water than you think
If you were to take all of the water on Earth — all of the fresh water, sea water, ground water, water vapor and water inside our bodies — take all of it and somehow collect it into a single, giant ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 08, 2012 |
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Groundwater pumping leads to sea level rise, cancels out effect of dams: study
As people pump groundwater for irrigation, drinking water, and industrial uses, the water doesn't just seep back into the ground – it also evaporates into the atmosphere, or runs off into rivers and canals, eventually ...
May 08, 2012 |
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Illuminating carbon's climate effects: Researchers demonstrate role of CO2 in deglaciatio
Harvard scientists are helping to paint the fullest picture yet of how a handful of factors, particularly a worldwide increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide, combined to end the last ice age 10,000-20,000 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2012 |
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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
Feb 08, 2012 |
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New study may answer questions about enigmatic Little Ice Age
A new University of Colorado Boulder-led study appears to answer contentious questions about the onset and cause of Earth's Little Ice Age, a period of cooling temperatures that began after the Middle Ages ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Paleoclimate record points toward potential rapid climate changes
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research into the Earth's paleoclimate history by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies director James E. Hansen suggests the potential for rapid climate changes this century, including ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 08, 2011 |
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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.
Sep 24, 2011 |
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In warmer Greenland, shoot the dogs, drill for oil
(AP) -- The old hunter was troubled by the foreigners encroaching on his Inuit people's frozen lands.
Aug 21, 2011 |
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