Scientists track rapid retreat of Antarctic glacier
Scientists are warning that apparently stable glaciers in the Antarctic can “switch very rapidly” and lose large quantities of ice as a result of warmer ...
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Greenland’s glacier retreat rate has doubled over past two decades
EVANSTON, Ill. — Greenland’s thousands of peripheral glaciers have entered a new and widespread state of rapid retreat, a Northwestern ...
Meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers may be accelerating their retreat
A new Antarctic ice sheet modeling study from scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests that meltwater ...
Due to sea-ice retreat, zooplankton could remain in the deep longer
Due to intensifying sea-ice melting in the Arctic, sunlight is now penetrating deeper and deeper into the ocean. Since marine ...
Runaway West Antarctic ice retreat can be slowed by climate-driven changes in ocean temperature
New research finds that ice-sheet-wide collapse in West Antarctica isn’t inevitable: the pace of ice loss varies according to regional ...
Faster in the Past: New seafloor images – the highest resolution of any taken off the West Antarctic Ice Sheet – upend understanding of Thwaites Glacier retreat
TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 2, 2022) – The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica – about the size of Florida – has ...
New study calculates retreat of glacier edges in Alaska’s Kenai Fjords National Park
Link to Google Drive folder containing embargoed press release with images: Credit: U.S. National Park Service Link to Google Drive ...
Coastal glacier retreat linked to climate change
More of the world’s coastal glaciers are melting faster than ever, but exactly what’s triggering the large-scale retreat has been ...
Ice sheet retreat and forest expansion turned ancient subtropical drylands into oases
As human-caused greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise beyond limits for what our species has experienced, researchers are looking to ...
uOttawa study shows widespread retreat and loss of marine-terminating glaciers in the northern hemisphere
In their article “Retreat of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers, 2000-2020” published in Geophysical Research Letters, they analyzed all 1704 glaciers ...
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Study tests firefighter turnout gear with, without PFAS
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Mass General-developed brain care score (BCS) is a scientifically validated way to assess current health habits and risk to future brain health
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal