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- January 17, 2020
- mgoswami
Most of us associate glaciers with Antarctica or the northern ice-sheets of the Arctic and Greenland. It may come as a surprise that scientists Alice
- January 17, 2020
- mgoswami
Glaciers across the globe behave in a synchronized manner, said geologist Thomas Lowell at the recent Comer Climate Conference, an annual national conference held in
- December 26, 2019
- zfishman
The locked office of the late climate scientist Wallace “Wally” Broecker displays a wooden ship’s wheel, mounted on a window-paneled wall behind his former desk.
- December 20, 2019
- ebruess
Near the peaks of Mount Everest – towering some 5.6 miles above sea level – the ancient Khumbu Glacier is melting.
Never before in the last
- December 20, 2019
- ebruess
I ziplined recently with a scientist who told me that her work involved almost 4,000 floating robots and a massive global computer database that could
- December 19, 2019
- asnabes
The Khumbu Glacier in the Himalayas retreated rapidly in the past, offering clues to how the glacier will behave in the future, University of Maine
- December 19, 2019
- asnabes
Calcium carbonate, a primary ingredient in the shells of tiny marine organisms, reduces the acidification of our world’s oceans. The ocean is approximately 30% more
- November 20, 2019
- zfishman
Dozens of scientists convene every year at the Comer Climate Conference to share new research about rising oceans and melting glaciers, both today and in
- November 12, 2019
- zfishman
A 30-mile-long strip of sea ice in northwest Greenland, once thought to be a permanent structure, didn’t exist until 2,000 years ago, according to newly
- October 29, 2019
- zfishman
Richard Alley caught a cold while flying to southwest Wisconsin for the annual Comer Climate Conference land, hosted each fall by the Comer Family Foundation.
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