New satellite tech offers a more detailed map of moving Antarctic glaciers
Scientists can now measure ice flow in Antarctica in far more detail, thanks to the help of a new satellite technology.
Scientists can now measure ice flow in Antarctica in far more detail, thanks to the help of a new satellite technology.
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2018
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A Belgian-Dutch team of scientists has created the first-ever "treasure map" that shows where in Antarctica meteorites are likely to be found. Meteorites are chunks of stone-like material that can be found on the surface ...
Planetary Sciences
Apr 1, 2022
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Norwegian and Estonian researchers have developed a method to map hidden meltwater paths in glaciers. Having a better understanding of how water moves inside and under the glaciers helps to better predict the motion, melting ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 3, 2023
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Up to twice the amount of subglacial water that was originally predicted might be draining into the ocean—potentially increasing glacial melt, sea level rise, and biological disturbances.
Earth Sciences
Aug 21, 2023
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(Phys.org) —Twice humans have witnessed the wasting of snow and ice from Peru's tallest volcano, Nevado Coropuna—In the waning of the last ice age, some 12,000 years ago, and today, as industrial carbon dioxide in the ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 7, 2013
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New research by a team that included a Johns Hopkins engineer promises to enable more accurate ice-flow predictions, helping scientists better forecast how melting glaciers will contribute to rising sea levels, which have ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 24, 2021
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How has the climate changed in the course of the Earth's history? Which climatic processes have influenced the Earth and its atmosphere? Paleoclimatology seeks answers to such questions in order to better understand climate ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2020
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A team of researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of Colorado, has found that the COVID pandemic lockdown resulted in reduced snow and ice melt in the Indus River Basin last year. In ...
Viewed from the Voyager 1 space probe as it passed beyond the edge of the solar system, Earth and Venus might not look too different—same diameter, similar mass and distance from the sun.
Earth Sciences
Oct 17, 2023
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As a glacier's sliding speed increases, the bed beneath the glacier can grow slipperier, according to laboratory experiments conducted by Iowa State University glaciologists.
Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2014
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