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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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NOV 19, 2024Earth & The Environment
What can glacier speed tell us about volcanic activity? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth &a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 13, 2024Earth & The Environment
There are certain rocks in the South American mountain range the Andes, which have been exposed to the air for the first ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2024Earth & The Environment
Can scientists predict future sea level rise based on today’s evidence? This is what a recent study published in S ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 28, 2024Earth & The Environment
Can researchers predict the behavior of ice glaciers before they break apart and melt due to warming waters? This is wha ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
An analysis of satellite records has revealed that over the past 30 years, Greenland has lost about 28,707 square kilome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
Ice core samples are a powerful tool that helps scientists understand the history of the planet's climate. But one site ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken an innovative approach to investigate the ancient past of Antarctica; they have analyzed octopus g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2023Earth & The Environment
The last eight years have been the hottest ever recorded, and 2023 is on track to be the hottest year of all time. The g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study to be presented at the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2023 meeting examines variances ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 20, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in ISME Journal examines how climate change affects microbial communities in the waters surroun ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 16, 2023Earth & The Environment
Researchers from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) recently announced that July 2023 was officiall ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 14, 2023Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long agreed that early Earth had extreme climate variations, but recent scientific discoveries provide n ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandJUN 22, 2023Microbiology
Fungi are microbes that can have crucial roles in the environment, and common fungi can be found in many parts of the en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2023Earth & The Environment
The Earth’s rotational pole has drifted east 31.5 inches, or nearly 80 centimeters, over the course of 17 years as ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandMAY 19, 2023Earth & The Environment
Researchers studying Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland have identified an unexpected interaction between ice and ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandMAY 07, 2023Microbiology
Greenland is home to massive ice sheets that are devoid of animals, and human rarely venture to these harsh and inhospit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 10, 2023Earth & The Environment
How much ice is really being lost to climate change? This is what a team of researchers hope to reveal as they discuss a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 05, 2023Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment, an international team of researchers led by Aarhu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 27, 2023Earth & The Environment
A team of researchers led by the University of Arizona (UArizona) conducted a radar "body scan" of Alaska's Malaspina Gl ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 13, 2023Earth & The Environment
Sumito Matoba (left) and Yoshinori Iizuka (right) on the southeastern dome in Greenland, drilling the ice core used in t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 01, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were able to take advantage of "an incredibly unique opportunity" to study the microbial life that rapidly c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2023Earth & The Environment
Mariana "Mari" Webb is a 3rd-year Hydrology PhD student at the Universty of NevadaWritten By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 24, 2023Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, a team of researchers led by Washington State University (WSU) examin ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 21, 2023Genetics & Genomics
DNA suggests North American ancestry for individuals found in the Altai Mountain region, suggesting backflow from the Be ...Written By: Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
NOV 19, 2024
Earth & The Environment
What can glacier speed tell us about volcanic activity? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth &a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 13, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There are certain rocks in the South American mountain range the Andes, which have been exposed to the air for the first
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Can scientists predict future sea level rise based on today’s evidence? This is what a recent study published in S
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 28, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Can researchers predict the behavior of ice glaciers before they break apart and melt due to warming waters? This is wha
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
An analysis of satellite records has revealed that over the past 30 years, Greenland has lost about 28,707 square kilome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Ice core samples are a powerful tool that helps scientists understand the history of the planet's climate. But one site
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken an innovative approach to investigate the ancient past of Antarctica; they have analyzed octopus g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The last eight years have been the hottest ever recorded, and 2023 is on track to be the hottest year of all time. The g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study to be presented at the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2023 meeting examines variances
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in ISME Journal examines how climate change affects microbial communities in the waters surroun
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 16, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) recently announced that July 2023 was officiall
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 14, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long agreed that early Earth had extreme climate variations, but recent scientific discoveries provide n
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
JUN 22, 2023
Microbiology
Fungi are microbes that can have crucial roles in the environment, and common fungi can be found in many parts of the en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The Earth’s rotational pole has drifted east 31.5 inches, or nearly 80 centimeters, over the course of 17 years as
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
MAY 19, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Researchers studying Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland have identified an unexpected interaction between ice and
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
MAY 07, 2023
Microbiology
Greenland is home to massive ice sheets that are devoid of animals, and human rarely venture to these harsh and inhospit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 10, 2023
Earth & The Environment
How much ice is really being lost to climate change? This is what a team of researchers hope to reveal as they discuss a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 05, 2023
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment, an international team of researchers led by Aarhu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 27, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A team of researchers led by the University of Arizona (UArizona) conducted a radar "body scan" of Alaska's Malaspina Gl
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 13, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Sumito Matoba (left) and Yoshinori Iizuka (right) on the southeastern dome in Greenland, drilling the ice core used in t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 01, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were able to take advantage of "an incredibly unique opportunity" to study the microbial life that rapidly c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Mariana "Mari" Webb is a 3rd-year Hydrology PhD student at the Universty of Nevada
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 24, 2023
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, a team of researchers led by Washington State University (WSU) examin
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 21, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
DNA suggests North American ancestry for individuals found in the Altai Mountain region, suggesting backflow from the Be
...
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt