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Currents, sea ice, glaciers, and the blue engine of Earth’s climate.
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About 84 million cubic yards of rock came off an Alaska fjord wall and drove a landslide tsunami almost a third of a mile up the opposite slope, but the only things lost were a kayak and a camp
17+ hour, 8+ min ago (773+ words) A narrow fjord in southeast Alaska, gray water, cliffs on both sides, low cloud sitting on them. High on one wall there is a line where the forest simply stops. Above it, trees. Below it, bare scoured rock and splintered…...
An Iowa man built his six-inch parakeet a miniature submarine so the bird could join him underwater in the Bahamas — the homemade capsule used a paintball air tank, safety valves and an oxygen monitor and carried Bebe about three feet beneath the surface for 15 minutes
17+ hour, 42+ min ago (286+ words) Six inches of green parakeet hovering over a Bahamian reef, squinting at coral through the wall of a repurposed food container, is an image evolution had not...
Scientists put a wool blanket on a glacier to protect it from heat: Did it really stop the ice from melting? Here's what happened- Moneycontrol.com
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (584+ words) Scientists and researchers in Switzerland are testing an unusual way to slow glacier melt: covering part of a glacier with blankets made from sheep's wool. The trial at the Tsanfleuron Glacier in Les Diablerets has shown promising results, with the…...
Study confirms permanent loss of Canada???s last Arctic epishelf lake - News
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (710+ words) Canada’s last epishelf lake drained into the Arctic Ocean following the 2020 breakup of the Milne Ice Shelf and will not recover, a new study confirms. Epishelf lakes form when an ice shelf acts as a dam, trapping a layer of…...
How melting Arctic glaciers is creating a climate ‘doom loop’
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (989+ words) (The Center Square) – Eleven local governments near the Chemours facility in Bla… Will Holcomb spent a decade and a half writing the same book… Taking water samples from a glacial river on Svalbard. (Gabrielle Kleber via SWNS) Melting Arctic glaciers…...
The Last Ice Area: Protecting the Arctic?s longest lasting refuge
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (599+ words) As the Arctic warms at an alarming rate, one vast expanse of sea ice is expected to outlast the rest. But safeguarding this Arctic refuge will require protecting not only the Last Ice Area itself, but the distant waters that…...
1965 ship’s log gives new baseline for Great Lakes climate research
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (13+ words) CTV News...
The strange ancient creature hiding in a Norwegian sheep field
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (628+ words) A remarkable 560-million-year-old fossil found in a Norwegian sheep field is giving scientists an unprecedented glimpse into early animal life—and revealing surprising clues about Earth’s ancient ecosystems. Scientists have discovered one of the oldest known three-dimensionally preserved fossils in…...
Meet the coral matchmakers betting on Florida’s toughest survivors
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (514+ words) MIAMI, Sept 10 — Off Florida’s coast, a team of scientists and trained volunteers in scuba gear descends to the ocean floor and begins planting young coral onto a reef and examining how others are faring in the increasingly warm waters. It…...
International Coastal Cleanup Event To Be Held At Greenwich Point
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (224+ words) Patch International Coastal Cleanup Event To Be Held At Greenwich Point Volunteers will remove shoreline trash at Greenwich Point as part of an international effort to address water pollution. GREENWICH, CT — Greenwich Green & Clean will host an International Coastal Cleanup…...