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Like butter: Study explains surprising acceleration of Greenland’s inland ice

During the last decade, researchers have captured compelling evidence of accelerating ice flow at terminal regions, or “snouts,” of Greenland glaciers as they…

Origins and uses of wrinkles, creases, folds

Engineers from Brown University have mapped out the amounts of compression required to cause wrinkles, creases, and folds to form in rubbery materials. The…

Study determines source of oil sheens near the site of Deepwater Horizon

First reported to the U.S. Coast Guard by British Petroleum (BP) in mid-September 2012, the oil sheens raised public concern that the Macondo well, which was…

Scientists outline long-term sea-level rise in response to warming of planet

This international study is one of the first to combine analyses of four major contributors to potential sea level rise into a collective estimate, and compare…

Distorted GPS signals reveal hurricane wind speeds

Now, by figuring out how messed up GPS satellite signals get when bouncing around in a storm, researchers have found a way to do something completely different…

Each degree of global warming might ultimately raise global sea levels by more than 2 meters

Each degree of global warming is likely to raise sea level by more than 2 meters in the future, a study now published in the Proceedings of the National…

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