Ice sheets ‘talk’ to each other across the planet
"Our results highlight how interconnected the Earth system is, with changes in one part of the planet driving changes in another."
Nov. 30, 2020 • ~6 min
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Ice sheets ‘talk’ to each other across the planet
"Our results highlight how interconnected the Earth system is, with changes in one part of the planet driving changes in another."
Nov. 30, 2020 • ~6 min
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Sunny-day flooding linked to sea level, moon orbit
A pattern among the moon, sun, and sea level could help predict sunny-day flooding, say researchers.
Oct. 20, 2020 • ~4 min
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Darwin’s theory about atolls is ‘beautiful’ but wrong
Charles Darwin's theory about the formation of atolls is elegant, but doesn't reflect key information: sea level. Researchers now correct his work.
Oct. 13, 2020 • ~12 min
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Moving delta rivers to bring floods to new places
Climate change will bring river avulsion, or jumping course, farther inland, predict researchers. It could mean floods in places that haven't had to worry.
Oct. 5, 2020 • ~8 min
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Oceans could rise more than a foot by 2100
If greenhouse gases continue apace, Greenland and Antarctica's shrinking ice sheets could add 15 inches to sea level rise by 2100, researchers warn.
Sept. 24, 2020 • ~7 min
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Yes, human activity is to blame for sea-level rise
New research digs into the history of sea-level rise and confirms that modern changes do result from human activity.
May 18, 2020 • ~4 min
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Antarctica, Greenland losing 318 gigatons of ice a year
Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica have lost 318 gigatons of ice a year for 16 years. Just one gigaton would fill 400,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
May 5, 2020 • ~9 min
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Giant ice machine leads to glacier ‘slip law’
The huge machine keeps ice at the right temperature to examine how melting glaciers slide. It led to a new "slip law" to benefit future research.
April 3, 2020 • ~5 min
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Ancient records of Bering Strait flooding offer fresh insights
Tamara Pico, a postdoctoral fellow, is using records of flooding in the Bering Strait to make inferences about how the ice sheets that covered North America responded to the warming climate, and how their melting might have contributed to climate changes.
Feb. 26, 2020 • ~6 min
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