UC Irvine, NASA JPL researchers discover a cause of rapid ice melting in Greenland
Irvine, Calif., May 8, 2023 – While conducting a study of Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, researchers at the University ...
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Polar ice sheet melting records have toppled during the past decade
The seven worst years for polar ice sheets melting and losing ice have occurred during the past decade, according to ...
The Greenland Ice Sheet is close to a melting point of no return
American Geophysical Union Press Release 23-11 27 March 2023 For Immediate Release This press release is available online at: https://news.agu.org/press-release/the-greenland-ice-sheet-is-close-to-a-melting-point-of-no-return/ ...
STAR physicists track sequential ‘melting’ of upsilons
UPTON, NY—Scientists using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) to study some of the hottest matter ever created in a laboratory have ...
Study identifies new cause of melting Antarctic ice shelves
Researchers have discovered a process that can contribute to the melting of ice shelves in the Antarctic. Credit: Karen Alley ...
UMaine-led study shows mountain glacier melting is linked to shifting westerlies and likely to accelerate
The combination of global atmospheric warming and westerly winds shifting toward the poles will likely speed up the recession of ...
Melting glaciers will release huge amounts of microorganisms to the aquatic environment
When glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere shrink as a result of climate change, large amounts of microorganisms will be released ...
Glacier melting on Kamchatka contributed to sea rise
Scientists have quantified the glacier mass loss on the Kamchatka Peninsula; the accelerated loss in the region since the turn ...
Greenland’s Indigenous population favours extracting and exporting sand from melting ice sheet
A national survey of close to 1000 adults in Greenland (where approximately 90% of the population is Indigenous) conducted by ...
Antarctica’s ice shelves could be melting faster than we thought
A new model developed by Caltech and JPL researchers suggests that Antarctica's ice shelves may be melting at an accelerated ...
Monitoring polar ice melting by combining data from different satellites
The Antarctic region is particularly vulnerable to climate change, and studies have shown that the melting of Antarctic ice sheets ...
Melting Arctic ice could transform international shipping routes, study finds
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — With climate change rapidly warming the world’s oceans, the future of the Arctic Ocean looks grim. Climate ...
Climate change reveals unique artefacts in melting ice patches
One day more than 3000 years ago, someone lost a shoe at the place we today call Langfonne in the ...
Melting ice caps may not shut down ocean current
MADISON — Most simulations of our climate’s future may be overly sensitive to Arctic ice melt as a cause of ...
Melting Arctic glaciers see drop in fungi biodiversity
Scientists investigating fungal biodiversity on glaciers undergoing rapid ice loss in the Canadian High Arctic have found that such glacier ...
“Blue Blob” near Iceland could slow glacial melting
American Geophysical Union 15 February 2022 AGU Release No. 22-11 For Immediate Release Credit: Finnur Pálsson American Geophysical Union 15 ...
Scientists uncover how the shape of melting ice depends on water temperature
A team of mathematicians and physicists has discovered how ice formations are shaped by external forces, such as water temperature. ...
Super-Earths have longer shielding against cosmic radiation, new melting curve analysis suggests
Using one of the most powerful lasers on the planet, researchers have determined the melting temperature of iron at conditions like ...
Scientists from the GIST reveal ultrafast melting dynamics in matter heated to extreme temperatures
Ordinary matter behaves very differently when subjected to extreme temperatures and pressures, such as that inside stellar and planetary cores. ...
Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet could cause multi-meter rise in sea levels by the end of the millennium
Scientists predict that continued global warming under current trends could lead to an elevation of the sea level by as ...
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A new synthesis method for three-dimensional nanocarbons
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Within just a few months a deadly epidemic killed all the black sea urchins in the Gulf of Eilat – a great threat to the coral reef in Eilat
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How eating natto might help to distress
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GPS tracking reveals how a female baboon stopped using urban space after giving birth
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Promising building blocks for photonic quantum simulators
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Study highlights long-term benefits of family-based care following institutional care