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Soften-rate of West Antarctic Ice Sheet extremely delicate to adjustments in ocean temperatures

Melting of ice cabinets in West Antarctica hurries up and slows down in response to adjustments in deep ocean temperature, and is much extra variable than beforehand thought, in accordance with new analysis. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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Modifications in Hudson River might supply perception into how glaciers grew

Researchers say they can estimate how glaciers moved by inspecting how the load of the ice sheet altered topography and led to modifications in the midst of the river. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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Earth’s orbital modifications have influenced local weather, life types for a minimum of 215 million years

Each 405,000 years, gravitational tugs from Jupiter and Venus barely elongate Earth’s orbit, an amazingly constant sample that has influenced our planet’s local weather for a minimum of 215 million years and permits scientists to extra exactly date geological occasions … Continue reading

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Changes in Earth’s crust caused oxygen to fill the atmosphere

New research has uncovered a direct link between changes in the earth’s crust three billion years ago and the introduction of free oxygen to the atmosphere. Without these changes, oxygen could have been suppressed in earth’s crust forever, so the … Continue reading

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Cryospheric science: Asia’s glacier changes

Nature Geoscience 10, 621 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2995 Author: Daniel Farinotti Mass changes in High Mountain Asia’s glaciers have been under dispute for almost a decade. An analysis of satellite data archives provides an observation-based mass budget for every single glacier in … Continue reading

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Rapid climate changes across northern hemisphere in the earliest Middle Pleistocene

By studying climate changes that took place thousands of years ago, we can better understand the global climate system and predict Earth’s future climate. A multi-organization research team has discovered evidence of rapid climate changes on a millennial-to-centennial scale that … Continue reading

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Massive Antarctic volcanic eruptions linked to abrupt Southern hemisphere climate changes

New findings document a 192-year series of volcanic eruptions in Antarctica that coincided with accelerated deglaciation about 17,700 years ago. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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Massive Antarctic volcanic eruptions linked to abrupt Southern hemisphere climate changes

New findings document a 192-year series of volcanic eruptions in Antarctica that coincided with accelerated deglaciation about 17,700 years ago. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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New Material Reportedly Changes Shape When Light Hits It

Scientists revealed a new material, a type of perovskites which can reportedly change its shape thanks to light. A team of KAUST scientists has recently unveiled a new material, a type of perovskites which can reportedly change its shape as … Continue reading

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Laser mapping project shows effects of physical changes in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys

Researchers have publicly released high-resolution maps of Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys, a globally unique polar desert. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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