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New proxy reveals how humans have disrupted the nitrogen cycle

New proxy reveals how humans have disrupted the nitrogen cycle

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

More and more, scientists are getting a better grip on the nitrogen cycle. They are learning about sources of nitrogen and how this element changes as it loops from the nonliving, such as the atmosphere, soil ...





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Searching for an interglacial on Greenland

Searching for an interglacial on Greenland

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The first season of the international drilling project NEEM (North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling) in north-western Greenland was completed at August 20th.


As Greenland melts

As Greenland melts

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Not that long ago - the blink of a geologic eye - global temperatures were so warm that ice on Greenland could have been hard to come by. Today, the largest island in the world is covered with ice 1.6 miles ...


Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet melting, rate unknown

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created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (13) | comments 3

The Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets are melting, but the amounts that will melt and the time it will take are still unknown, according to Richard Alley, Evan Pugh professor of geosciences, Penn State.


NASA Ice Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning

NASA Ice Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning

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created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (11) | comments 3

(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 ...


Why is Greenland covered in ice?

Why is Greenland covered in ice?

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created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (63) | comments 14

There have been many reports in the media about the effects of global warming on the Greenland ice-sheet, but there is still great uncertainty as to why there is an ice-sheet there at all.


Melting of the Greenland ice sheet mapped

Melting of the Greenland ice sheet mapped

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Will all of the ice on Greenland melt and flow out into the sea, bringing about a colossal rise in ocean levels on Earth, as the global temperature rises? The key concern is how stable the ice cap actually ...


Greenland ice cap melting faster than ever

Greenland ice cap melting faster than ever

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (32) | comments 25

Satellite observations and a state-of-the art regional atmospheric model have independently confirmed that the Greenland ice sheet is loosing mass at an accelerating rate, reports a new study in Science.


Intensified ice sheet movements do not affect rising sea levels

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created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Meltwater is rapidly increasing the tempo of glacial movements on the rim of the Greenland ice sheet. Over the long term, however, this process is interrupted as meltwater drains away via broad channels, as a result of which ...


East Greenland Runoff

Freshwater runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet will more than double by the end of the century

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created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than previously calculated according to a recently released scientific paper by University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Sebastian H. Mernild.


Lasers from space show thinning of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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 ...



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