by faster | Jan 29, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: NYU DATE: January 29,2020 SNIP: A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, the presence of warm water at a vital point underneath a glacier in Antarctica—an alarming discovery that points to the cause behind the gradual melting of this ice...
by faster | Jan 29, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Phys.org DATE: January 29, 2020 SNIP: Tidewater glaciers, the massive rivers of ice that end in the ocean, may be melting underwater much faster than previously thought, according to a Rutgers co-authored study that used robotic kayaks. The findings, which...
by faster | Jan 1, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: January 1, 2020 SNIP: Snow and glaciers in New Zealand have turned brown after being exposed to dust from the Australian bushfires, with one expert saying the incident could increase glacier melt this season by as much as 30%. On Wednesday...
by faster | Dec 10, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC DATE: December 10, 2019 SNIP: Greenland is losing ice seven times faster than it was in the 1990s. The assessment comes from an international team of polar scientists who’ve reviewed all the satellite observations over a 26-year period. They say...
by faster | Nov 8, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Sydney Morning Herald DATE: November 8, 2019 SNIP: One of the world’s thickest mountain glaciers is finally succumbing to global warming, a new analysis reports. The Taku Glacier, located north of Juneau, Alaska, has started to retreat as...