Record-breaking heatwaves hit both Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously this week, with temperatures reaching 47℃ and 30℃ higher than normal.
Environment
Mar 22, 2022
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Two researchers from the University of Ottawa are the first to map out all the glaciers that end in the ocean in the Northern Hemisphere and provide a measure of their rate of change over the last 20 years. Their findings ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2022
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The enormous eruption of the underwater volcano in Tonga, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, triggered a tsunami that reached countries all around the Pacific rim, even causing a disastrous oil spill along 21 beaches in Peru.
Environment
Jan 24, 2022
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Like Earth, Mars experiences climatic variations during the course of a year because of the tilted nature of its orbit (aka. seasonal change). Similarly, these variations in temperature result in interaction between the atmosphere ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 29, 2021
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Greenland may be best known for its enormous continental scale ice sheet that soars up to 3,000 meters above sea level, whose rapid melting is a leading contributor to global sea level rise. But surrounding this massive ice ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2021
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Glaciers and ice caps in two archipelagos in the Russian Arctic are losing enough meltwater to fill nearly five million Olympic-size swimming pools each year, research shows.
Environment
Aug 2, 2021
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Sunlight in, reflected and emitted energy out. That's the fundamental energy balance sheet for our planet. If Earth's clouds, oceans, ice caps and land surfaces send as much energy back up to space as the sun shines down ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 28, 2021
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Injecting sulfur into the stratosphere to reduce solar radiation and stop the Greenland ice cap from melting. It's an interesting scenario, but not without risks. Climatologists from the University of Liège have looked into ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 7, 2021
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New, detailed study of the Renland Ice Cap offers the possibility of modeling other smaller ice caps and glaciers with significantly greater accuracy than hitherto. The study combined airborne radar data to determine the ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 15, 2021
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Scientists from the CNRS, CNES, IRD, Sorbonne Université, l'Université Toulouse III—Paul Sabatier and their Australian colleagues, with the support of the IPEV, have provided a comprehensive analysis on the evolution ...
Environment
Jan 21, 2021
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