This month a paper came out that honestly chilled me. It was about tipping points in climate - a well-known concept that the climate can change abruptly if certain conditions are met in certain elements... continue reading
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Ice lost in Greenland means higher sea levels around the world. "Oceans Melting Greenland," a NASA program in its fourth year, is studying the melt. So far, measurements indicate a rate of melt exceeding... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 9 months ago • 325 views • 3:27Welcome to the US National Ice Core Laboratory in Denver, Colorado, where there's a giant freezer filled with 20km of ice cores from Greenland and the Antarctic. Here's why.
posted by Mekanikal 6 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 1,213 views • 3:33YouTube description: Foraminifera – tiny, single-celled marine life forms – build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet. Special thanks to Professor Lee Kump of Penn... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 489 views • 2:51Glaciologists will find this video obvious. Everyone else... well, maybe I slept through a bit of sixth-grade geography, but I didn't know this, and I reckon I should have done.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months ago • 504 views • 3:01At Qaanaaq, in Greenland, there's IS18: an infrasound station that's quietly listening for nuclear tests — or any other large bang. Here's what, why, and a few words the man who, for years, has been... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 222 views • 4:08YouTube: In the search for longevity, scientists have found the longest-lived vertebrates on the planet in the arctic. Meanwhile, in warmer climes, the FDA approves a new method for combating disease-carrying... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 100 views • 5:02Via YouTube: Canada & Denmark keep leaving bottles of whiskey for each other, on a remote island called Hans Island, but why?
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 824 views • 3:43Common misconceptions about climate change. References below: For CO2, sea levels, Arctic sea ice, Antarctic and Greenland land ice: http://climate.nasa.gov Satellite data shows that ground-based... continue reading
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