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Unlocking Secrets from the Ice In a Rapidly Warming Region
Yale Environment 360 Earlier this year, climatologist Ellen Mosley-Thompson led an expedition to drill into glacial ice on the Antarctic Peninsula, one of the world’s fastest-warming regions. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Mosley-Thompson explains what the Antarctic ice … Continue reading
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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