Human evolution wasn’t just the sheet music, but how it was played
DURHAM, N.C. -- A team of Duke researchers has identified a group of human DNA sequences driving changes in brain ...
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River longer than the Thames beneath Antarctic ice sheet could affect ice loss
An unexpected river under the Antarctic ice sheet affects the flow and melting of ice, potentially accelerating ice loss as ...
Vast ice sheet facing climate fight on two fronts, study finds
The Greenland ice sheet may be more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought, new research suggests. Credit: Jamie Holte ...
Ancient ice age valleys offer clues to future ice sheet change
Deep valleys buried under the seafloor of the North Sea record how the ancient ice sheets that used to cover ...
Record of Antarctic ice sheet response to climate cycles found in rock samples
By analyzing unusual rock samples collected years ago in Antarctica, scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have discovered ...
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 confirms ‘rippled sheet’ protein structure predicted in 1953
An unusual protein structure known as a “rippled beta sheet,” first predicted in 1953, has now been created in the ...
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 ...
Fate of the world’s biggest ice sheet is in our hands, scientists say
The fate of the world’s biggest ice sheet still rests in our hands if global temperature increases are kept below ...
Hot on the trail of the causes of rapid ice sheet instabilities in climate history
Heinrich Events or, more accurately, Heinrich Layers, are recurrent conspicuous sediment layers, usually ten to 15 centimeters thick, with very ...
Highly transparent solar cell with 2D atomic sheet successfully fabricated
Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about ...
Sea ice can control Antarctic ice sheet stability, new research finds
Despite the rapid melting of ice in many parts of Antarctica during the second half of the 20th century, researchers ...
Warmer summers and meltwater lakes are threatening the fringes of the world’s largest ice sheet
A first-of-its-kind study looking at surface meltwater lakes around the East Antarctic Ice Sheet across a seven-year period has found ...
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 ...
Greenland ice sheet may halve in volume by year 3000
As a result of global warming in the 21st century, the Greenland ice sheet may contribute several metres to sea-level ...
Accelerating melt rate makes Greenland Ice Sheet world’s largest ‘dam’
Researchers have observed extremely high rates of melting at the bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet, caused by huge quantities ...
The formation of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was very different than previously believed
Roughly 35 million years ago, Earth cooled rapidly. At roughly the same time, the Drake Passage formed between South America ...
Changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet volume lag climate changes, such that today’s climate could still be affecting its size in thousands of years’ time
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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 ...
Mirror-image peptides form ‘rippled sheet’ structure predicted in 1953
By mixing a small peptide with equal amounts of its mirror image, a team of scientists at UC Santa Cruz ...