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Glaciers along the Gulf of Alaska are enriching stream and near shore marine ecosystems from a surprising source - ancient carbon contained in glacial runoff, researchers from four universities and the U.S. Forest Service report in the December 24, 2009, issue of the journal Nature. http://www.physorg.com/news180786023.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:40:01 EST news180786023 Scientists who study the melting of Greenland's glaciers are discovering that water flowing beneath the ice plays a much more complex role than they previously imagined. http://www.physorg.com/news180116235.html Space & Earth Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:20:12 EST news180116235 A new study of Pacific Ocean sediments off the coast of Chile has found that offshore waters experienced systematic oxygen depletion during the rapid warming of the Antarctic following the last "glacial maximum" period 20,000 years ago. http://www.physorg.com/news180096546.html Space & Earth Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:49:40 EST news180096546 "So many disparate elements, both natural and man-made, converge in the Himalayas," said William Lau, a climatologist from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "There's no other place in the world that could produce such a powerful atmospheric heat pump," referring to a new hypothesis he's put forward to explain the rapid retreat of Himalayan glaciers in recent decades. http://www.physorg.com/news180083985.html Space & Earth Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:20:09 EST news180083985 (PhysOrg.com) -- Soot from fire in an unventilated fireplace wafts into a home and settles on the surfaces of floors and furniture. But with a quick fix to the chimney flue and some dusting, it bears no impact on a home`s long-term environment. http://www.physorg.com/news180035832.html Space & Earth Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:58:21 EST news180035832 A surge in sunshine more than 60 years ago helped Swiss mountain glaciers melt faster than today, even though warmer average temperatures are being recorded now, Swiss researchers said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news180024364.html Space & Earth Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:00:03 EST news180024364 Sinuous channels on the Martian surface may be evidence of relatively recent rainfall. Researchers plan to test this hypothesis by studying sinuous streams on Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news179685449.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:40:15 EST news179685449 A new fossil species suggests that some land animals may have survived the end-Permian extinction by living in cooler climates in Antarctica. Researchers have identified a distant relative of mammals that apparently survived the mass extinction by living in Antarctica. http://www.physorg.com/news179001673.html Space & Earth Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:42:01 EST news179001673 PIC=32536:left]Increasing temperatures at high altitudes are fueling the post-1950 growth spurt seen in bristlecone pines, the world's oldest trees, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news177608541.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:30:01 EST news177608541 Alberta is crisscrossed with hidden glacial valleys that hold both resource treasures and potential danger. University of Alberta researcher Doug Schmitt discovered a 300 metre deep, valley hidden beneath the surface of the ground near the community of Rainbow Lake in northwestern Alberta. http://www.physorg.com/news177254204.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:40:01 EST news177254204 (PhysOrg.com) -- Surging floods as powerful as the Amazon could hit parts of Europe within decades, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news176578177.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:40:01 EST news176578177 A Peruvian scientist has called on his country to help slow the melting of Andean glaciers by daubing white paint on the rock and earth left behind by receding ice so they will absorb less heat. http://www.physorg.com/news176526912.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:15:32 EST news176526912 During the last ice age, massive glaciers covered much of our planet. However, a region of Alaska, Siberia and the Canadian Yukon remained ice-free. This region, known as Beringia, supported unique organisms and was an important haven for evolution. Now, scientists may have uncovered how Beringia supported such diversity at a time when conditions for life were harsh. http://www.physorg.com/news176056791.html Space & Earth Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:50:03 EST news176056791 Those pristine-looking Alpine glaciers now melting as global warming sets in may explain the mysterious increase in persistent organic pollutants in sediment from certain lakes since the 1990s, despite decreased use of those compounds in pesticides, electric equipment, paints and other products. That's the conclusion of a new study, scheduled for the Nov. 1 issue of ACS' Environmental Science & Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news175337686.html Space & Earth Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:55:42 EST news175337686 (AP) -- Indian Kashmir's glaciers are melting fast because of rising temperatures, threatening the water supply of millions of people in the Himalayan region, a new study by Indian scientists says. http://www.physorg.com/news174651252.html Space & Earth Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:01 EST news174651252 (AP) -- Two years ago, governments from around the world came together on the island of Bali and agreed to urgently rein in the heat-trapping gases blamed for deadly heat waves, melting glaciers and rising seas. http://www.physorg.com/news173168634.html Space & Earth Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:40:01 EST news173168634 Switzerland will inaugurate on Saturday a new mountain refuge in the Alps that looks more like a futuristic space station than the no-frills stonewall huts that alpinists are more familiar with. http://www.physorg.com/news173100799.html Technology Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:34:03 EST news173100799 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have used NASA`s Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) to compose the most comprehensive picture of changing glaciers along the coast of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. http://www.physorg.com/news173029514.html Space & Earth Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:46:10 EST news173029514 The most comprehensive picture of the rapidly thinning glaciers along the coastline of both the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets has been created using satellite lasers. The findings are an important step forward in the quest to make more accurate predictions for future sea level rise. http://www.physorg.com/news172931543.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:50:01 EST news172931543 (AP) -- With whale fins splashing in the distance, Ruth Curry hauls up her catch from the blustery deck of an icebreaker. http://www.physorg.com/news172917431.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:50:02 EST news172917431 Will we soon see the flowers of Edinburgh in full bloom in the depths of winter? This possibility is considered in a new study into the impact of global warming on spring flowering, published today in the International Journal of Climatology. Data, taken from records dating back to the late nineteenth century, has been used to demonstrate the impact of global warming and to predict the effect further warming will have on plant life by the year 2080. http://www.physorg.com/news171781911.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:30:01 EST news171781911 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study finds that large-scale farming projects can erode the Earth's surface at rates comparable to those of the world's largest rivers and glaciers. http://www.physorg.com/news171121178.html Space & Earth Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:00:10 EST news171121178 The U.S. Geological Survey has released the results of a long-term study of key glaciers in western North America, reporting this month that glacial shrinkage is rapid and accelerating and a result of climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news170941320.html Space & Earth Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:43:16 EST news170941320 A discovery about the moon made in the 1960s is helping researchers unlock secrets about Earth's ocean today. http://www.physorg.com/news170618291.html Space & Earth Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:30:07 EST news170618291 Long ago a group of Himalayan glaciers grew by several kilometers even while Central Asia's climate warmed up to six degrees Celsius. BYU professor Summer Rupper's analysis attributes much of the glacial growth to increased cloudiness and wind. Rupper is lending her glacier expertise to a project that will forecast the Indus River system's water supply for the coming decades. http://www.physorg.com/news170583964.html Space & Earth Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:28:00 EST news170583964 (PhysOrg.com) -- The thinning of a gigantic glacier in Antarctica is accelerating, scientists warned today. http://www.physorg.com/news169471914.html Space & Earth Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:00:01 EST news169471914 Climate change is shrinking three of the nation's most studied glaciers at an accelerated rate, and government scientists say that finding bolsters global concerns about rising sea levels and the availability of fresh drinking water. http://www.physorg.com/news168849624.html Space & Earth Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:20:13 EST news168849624 (AP) -- Villagers from deeply Roman Catholic south Switzerland have for centuries offered a sacred vow to God to protect them from the advancing ice mass of the Great Aletsch glacier. http://www.physorg.com/news168777353.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:36:22 EST news168777353 One of the biggest glaciers in the southern hemisphere shrivelled by a fifth in 40 years, French scientists said on Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news167479149.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:20:02 EST news167479149 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published this week takes scientists a step further in their quest to understand how Antarctica's vast glaciers will contribute to future sea-level rise. Reporting in the journal Nature Geoscience, scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and University of Durham describe how a new 3-d map created from radar measurements reveals features in the landscape beneath a vast river of ice, ten times wider than the Rhine, in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. http://www.physorg.com/news167315664.html Space & Earth Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:50:02 EST news167315664