News tagged with journal of glaciology
West Antarctic ice shelves tearing apart at the seams
A new study examining nearly 40 years of satellite imagery has revealed that the floating ice shelves of a critical portion of West Antarctica are steadily losing their grip on adjacent bay walls, potentially ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Tohoku tsunami created icebergs in Antarctica
A NASA scientist and her colleagues were able to observe for the first time the power of an earthquake and tsunami to break off large icebergs a hemisphere away.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Time running out to save climate record held in unique eastern European Alps glacier
A preliminary look at an ice field atop the highest mountain in the eastern European Alps suggests that the glacier may hold records of ancient climate extending back as much as a thousand years.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Predicting sea level rise: Understanding how icebergs form could lead to better forecasts
(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to understand how fast sea level could rise as the climate warms, a University of Michigan researcher has developed a new theory to describe how icebergs detach from ice sheets ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Scientists discover nanodiamonds in Greenland ice
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Maine volcanologist Andrei Kurbatov and glaciologist Paul Mayewski, along with 21 other scientists, coauthored a scientific paper released late last month that details the discovery of a layer ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Map Characterizes Active Lakes Below Antarctic Ice (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lakes in Antarctica, concealed under miles of ice, require scientists to come up with creative ways to identify and analyze these hidden features. Now, researchers using space-based lasers ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2009 |
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