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Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic time machine
Science columnist Lee Hotz describes a remarkable project at WAIS Divide, Antarctica, where a hardy team are drilling into ten-thousand-year-old ice to extract vital data on our changing climate. I just loved these colours from a still in the presentation. … Continue reading
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Tagged global warming, ice cores, Lee Hotz, TED 2010, unlocking secrets, WAIS, WAIS Divide
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Antarctica’s ice loss helps offset global warming: study
AFP and published via The Sydney Morning Herald Global warming has been blamed for the alarming loss of ice shelves in Antarctica, but a new study says newly-exposed areas of sea are now soaking up some of the carbon gas … Continue reading
Sea Ice Study Yields New Insights
From Voxy News in New Zealand… Satellites can see the surface of the sea ice, but they can’t tell us anything about the thickness or volume of the sea ice. Nor can they help us understand the complex relationship between … Continue reading