Everest region glaciers thinning at high altitudes
The behavior of glaciers around Mount Everest over the last six decades is now revealed in research published today in the multidisciplinary journal One Earth.
The behavior of glaciers around Mount Everest over the last six decades is now revealed in research published today in the multidisciplinary journal One Earth.
Earth Sciences
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A new international study led by Monash University climate scientists has revealed that ice loss in Antarctica persisted for many centuries after it was initiated and is expected to continue.
Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2020
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A new study has demonstrated that irrigation in parts of high mountain Asia is having profound effects on some of the region's glaciers. In contrast to glaciers worldwide that are shrinking dramatically from global warming, ...
Environment
Oct 15, 2020
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One-hundred million light years away from Earth, an unusual supernova is exploding.
Astronomy
Sep 10, 2020
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At the turn of the 21st century, unbeknownst to the world, the Greenland ice sheet likely entered a state of sustained mass loss that will persist for the foreseeable future, according to a new study. Though the finding has ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 02, 2020
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Glaciers around the world are melting—and for the first time, we can now directly attribute annual ice loss to climate change.
Earth Sciences
Aug 04, 2020
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Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography are eavesdropping on an Arctic glacier in the name of science. In a new study, scientists Oskar Glowacki and Grant Deane describe a method of measuring glacier mass loss ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2020
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During the exceptionally warm Arctic summer of 2019, Greenland lost 600 billion tons of ice, enough to raise global sea levels by 2.2 millimeters in two months. On the opposite pole, Antarctica continued to lose mass in the ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 18, 2020
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The ability of crocodiles to survive mass extinctions could be in part due to their more hands-on approach to parenting, say scientists at the University of Bath's Milner Centre for Evolution.
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2020
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Using the latest satellite technology from the European Space Agency (ESA), scientists from the University of Bristol have been tracking patterns of mass loss from Pine Island—Antarctica's largest glacier.
Earth Sciences
Jan 27, 2020
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