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  • Scientists Discover a New Cause of Melting Antarctic Ice Shelves

    01/31/2023 1:03:12 PM PST · by Red Badger · 17 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | JANUARY 31, 2023 | By UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
    Research ship the Nathaniel B Palmer at the Thwaites Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Credit: Aleksandra Mazur A process that can contribute to the melting of ice shelves in the Antarctic has been discovered by researchers. An international team of researchers has discovered that adjacent ice shelves play a role in causing instability in others downstream. The University of East Anglia in the UK led a study that identified that the amount of glacial-meltwater flowing beneath the Thwaites Ice Shelf can be impacted by a small ocean gyre next to it. A weaker gyre allows more warm water to access...
  • Bobbing in poison soup

    07/05/2008 1:01:55 PM PDT · by hripka · 16 replies · 611+ views
    LA Times ^ | June 30, 2008 | Margaux Wexberg Sanchez
    On the first of June, two men and a rabbit set sail from the port of Long Beach, bound for Hawaii, on a raft made of junk. Their cabin is the cockpit of a Cessna 310, white with a blue racing stripe, salvaged from the desert. It floats on a system of handmade pontoons -- 15,000 plastic bottles held together with recycled nets -- propelled by currents and wind. If it sounds dangerous and makeshift, that's the point. The pilots of Junk, as the vessel is called, want to get your attention. They are Dr. Marcus Eriksen, director of research...