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Ice Bridge Supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapses

Apr 08, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (34) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- An ice bridge connecting the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula to Charcot Island has disintegrated. The event continues a series of breakups that began in March 2008 on the ice ...

Wilkins Ice Shelf under threat

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 28, 2008 | 3.1 / 5 (23) | 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- New rifts have developed on the Wilkins Ice Shelf that could lead to the opening of the ice bridge that has been preventing the ice shelf from disintegrating and breaking away from the Antarctic ...

Wilkins Ice Shelf hanging by its last thread

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 10, 2008 | 3.3 / 5 (27) | 12

The Wilkins Ice Shelf is experiencing further disintegration that is threatening the collapse of the ice bridge connecting the shelf to Charcot Island. Since the connection to the island in the image centre ...

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Cave study links climate change to California droughts

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

11 hours ago | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic, according to a new study by UC Davis doctoral student Jessica Oster and geology professor ...

Scientist develops lab machine to study glacial sliding related to rising sea levels

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

12 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Neal Iverson opened his laboratory's walk-in freezer and said the one-of-a-kind machine inside could help scientists understand how glaciers slide across their beds. And that could help researchers predict ...

CWRU to develop technologies for virtual coaching to help patient-doctor communications

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14 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

Millions of people suffer from chronic ailments like heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes, and need critical information from their healthcare providers to manage those diseases.

Controversial new climate change results

Space & Earth / Environment

18 hours ago | 4.5 / 5 (16) | 20

(PhysOrg.com) -- New data show that the balance between the airborne and the absorbed fraction of CO2 has stayed approximately constant since 1850, despite emissions of CO2 having risen from about 2 billion ...

Australian scientists call for urgent 'global cooling' to save coral reefs

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 09, 2009 | 2 / 5 (4) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian marine scientists have issued an urgent call for massive and rapid worldwide cuts in carbon emissions, deep enough to prevent atmospheric CO2 levels rising to 450 parts per million (ppm).

Ice cream researchers making sweet strides with 'functional foods' (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Other

Nov 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A comfort food, a tasty treat, an indulgence - ice cream conjures feelings of happiness and satisfaction for millions. Ice cream researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered ways to make ice cream ...

Improving university-community research partnerships

Medicine & Health / Health

Nov 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Researchers from Tufts University and their community-based colleagues have identified several strategies to improve community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships. A study published in a supplement to the November ...

Antarctica glacier retreat creates new carbon dioxide store

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 09, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (8) | 0

Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula. This ...

Past climate of the northern Antarctic Peninsular informs global warming debate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 06, 2009 | 2.5 / 5 (8) | 1

The seriousness of current global warming is underlined by a reconstruction of climate at Maxwell Bay in the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic Peninsula over approximately the last 14,000 years, which ...