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Drug used to treat skin conditions is a marine pollutant

“The pharmaceuticals and chemicals in everyday use form a mixture in the ocean that has a direct impact on the growth and reproduction of organisms”, says…

Research to secure a safe water supply

Helmholtz scientists in the research field Earth and Environment are working on solutions to precisely these problems. In cooperation with partners from other…

'Ice that burns' may yield clean, sustainable bridge to global energy future

Government researchers are reporting that these so-called “gas hydrates,” a frozen form of natural gas that bursts into flames at the touch of a match, show…

West Antarctic ice comes and goes, rapidly

Now climatologists from Penn State and the University of Massachusetts have modeled the past 5 million years of the West Antarctic ice sheet and found the ice…

Andrill demonstrates climate warming affects Antarctic ice sheet stability

The massive WAIS covers the continent on the Pacific side of the Transantarctic Mountains. Any substantial melting of the ice sheet would cause a rise in…

UK robot sub searches for signs of melting 60 km into an Antarctic ice shelf cavity

Autosub has been exploring Pine Island Glacier, a floating extension of the West Antarctic ice sheet, using sonar scanners to map the seabed and the underside…

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