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Glaciers are large bodies of dense ice. Most glacial ice (almost 99%) is concentrated at the North and South pole. Glaciers hold most of the world's freshwater supply.
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DEC 16, 2021Earth & The Environment
The ice shelf holding back a glacier the size of Florida could melt within five years, experts with the American Geophys ...Written By: Hannah DanielDEC 08, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Up north on Mars’s surface lies a region called Arabia Terra, an area with many craters and heavy erosion approxim ...Written By: Hannah DanielSEP 02, 2021Microbiology
The world is full of single-celled organisms, which can be found virtually everywhere from hydrothermal vents in the dee ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2021Microbiology
As the climate warms and long-frozen surfaces begin to thaw, scientists are finding ancient animals and organisms. In so ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2021Earth & The Environment
The axis of the Earth intersects the planet at the magnetic pole, and Earth's poles are known to wander. They can even f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2021Earth & The Environment
Solar radio signals from the sun could provide a cheaper and low-power way of monitoring vast expanses of ice sheets, an ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 16, 2021Earth & The Environment
High mountain glaciers that are melting in the Tibetan plateau in Asia contain greenhouse gases and should be counted in ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 09, 2021Microbiology
Microorganisms can be found basically everywhere on earth, from hydrothermal vents to hot, desert soils, and lakes under ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2021Earth & The Environment
An overlooked aspect of glacial melt could be key to improving sea-level rise models. We often think of glacial melt as ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 10, 2021Earth & The Environment
Increased flooding is predicted to occur in the Himalaya and Pamir regions of the world, known as the Third Pole, due to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 01, 2021Space & Astronomy
In a new study, an international team of researchers have found that almost all of the world’s glaciers are in ret ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 12, 2021Earth & The Environment
An investigation led by Stockholm University Assistant Professor Christian Stranne and published in Communications Earth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
As we move through space, the magnetic field of the planet, which (the dynamo theory states is) generated by its metal c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 23, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research conducted by scientists from Rice University aims to investigate places on Mars that harbor similar geologi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have identified an exoplanet that appears to have an atmosphere composed of vaporized rock and oceans runnin ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 06, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Texas have found that a huge amount of liquid water likely rained down from the skies ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 05, 2020Space & Astronomy
Physicists have found that in the distant past, Mars may not have been warm enough to carry vast oceans. Instead, in new ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 03, 2020Earth & The Environment
A crucial new resource has been added to climate science recently: the most recent edition of the South American Drought ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 08, 2020Earth & The Environment
Did you hear the story of a fungus meeting algae, and they took a lichen to each other? Well, apparently it’s a pr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 07, 2020Earth & The Environment
Many research projects have examined climate change’s impact on sea ice and glaciers. However, shorefast ice, whic ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 30, 2020Earth & The Environment
Global climate change is melting Earth’s ice, and a recent study from NASA details how the polar ice sheets have c ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 16, 2020Earth & The Environment
Back in 2017, Dr. Johann Klages and his team were going about their usual business of drilling into the seafloor to extr ...Written By: Tiffany DazetFEB 13, 2020Earth & The Environment
Scientific studies are revealing just how humans have impacted the environment over the past few centuries. Recently, sc ...Written By: Tiffany Dazet
DEC 16, 2021
Earth & The Environment
The ice shelf holding back a glacier the size of Florida could melt within five years, experts with the American Geophys
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
DEC 08, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Up north on Mars’s surface lies a region called Arabia Terra, an area with many craters and heavy erosion approxim
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 02, 2021
Microbiology
The world is full of single-celled organisms, which can be found virtually everywhere from hydrothermal vents in the dee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2021
Microbiology
As the climate warms and long-frozen surfaces begin to thaw, scientists are finding ancient animals and organisms. In so
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2021
Earth & The Environment
The axis of the Earth intersects the planet at the magnetic pole, and Earth's poles are known to wander. They can even f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Solar radio signals from the sun could provide a cheaper and low-power way of monitoring vast expanses of ice sheets, an
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 16, 2021
Earth & The Environment
High mountain glaciers that are melting in the Tibetan plateau in Asia contain greenhouse gases and should be counted in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 09, 2021
Microbiology
Microorganisms can be found basically everywhere on earth, from hydrothermal vents to hot, desert soils, and lakes under
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2021
Earth & The Environment
An overlooked aspect of glacial melt could be key to improving sea-level rise models. We often think of glacial melt as
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 10, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Increased flooding is predicted to occur in the Himalaya and Pamir regions of the world, known as the Third Pole, due to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 01, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In a new study, an international team of researchers have found that almost all of the world’s glaciers are in ret
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 12, 2021
Earth & The Environment
An investigation led by Stockholm University Assistant Professor Christian Stranne and published in Communications Earth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 21, 2021
Space & Astronomy
As we move through space, the magnetic field of the planet, which (the dynamo theory states is) generated by its metal c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research conducted by scientists from Rice University aims to investigate places on Mars that harbor similar geologi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have identified an exoplanet that appears to have an atmosphere composed of vaporized rock and oceans runnin
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Texas have found that a huge amount of liquid water likely rained down from the skies
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 05, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Physicists have found that in the distant past, Mars may not have been warm enough to carry vast oceans. Instead, in new
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 03, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A crucial new resource has been added to climate science recently: the most recent edition of the South American Drought
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Did you hear the story of a fungus meeting algae, and they took a lichen to each other? Well, apparently it’s a pr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 07, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Many research projects have examined climate change’s impact on sea ice and glaciers. However, shorefast ice, whic
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 30, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Global climate change is melting Earth’s ice, and a recent study from NASA details how the polar ice sheets have c
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 16, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Back in 2017, Dr. Johann Klages and his team were going about their usual business of drilling into the seafloor to extr
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
FEB 13, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Scientific studies are revealing just how humans have impacted the environment over the past few centuries. Recently, sc
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet