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- One constant in the Earth's climate: change
- A scientific conference in Europe has brought out some recent research findings on the polar regions. Much is being learned for the first time about Antarctic's prehistoric climate. One thing's certain: there's been a lot of change. Over the eons. The ice sheets on...
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Robots fly over Antarctica
- Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey BAS have successfully run a series of flights by autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs over Antarctica. These robotic planes have a 2-meter wingspan and weigh 6 kilograms. They are powered by Lithium Ion Polymer LIPo battery packs -- similar to the ones in your...
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Ozone: too much here, too little there
- Hey folks, can we just get our ozone in balance? Seems like crystals and mantras aren't gonna do it. There's no political stigma on climate change research in Britain so they're regularly coming with up new findings.Today comes a study saying there are chmicals in the Antarctic that...
- Blog posts 2007-07-26
- A truly globetrotter robot
- A British robotic submarine, Isis, has a very busy schedule these days. Last January, it was taking a 3-week Antarctic dive. In May, it was exploring a giant canyon just off the coast of Portugal. Its next mission will be the exploration of the Whittard Canyon, another deep submarine valley,...
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- NASA's future inflatable lunar base
- If you think that future NASAs moon camps need to have a science fiction look, you might be disappointed. Today, NASA is testing small inflatable structures. In fact, if these expandable tents receive positive reviews, astronauts will camp on the moon as early as 2020. These 12-foot (3.65 meter) diameter...
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- Photos: Antarctic is shrinking
- The first-ever gravity survey of the entire Antarctic ice sheet shows its mass has decreased significantly from 2002 to 2005.
- Image galleries 2006-03-07
- Photos: Antarctic is shrinking
- The first-ever gravity survey of the entire Antarctic ice sheet shows its mass has decreased significantly from 2002 to 2005.
- Image galleries 2006-03-07
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- Science on climate change
- The American Geophysical Union annual conflab was held in San Francisco again this year. Here are just some of the hundreds of papers that pertain: The U.S. Geological Survey summarized their best available data on what to expect in the United States. Some climate change...
- Blog posts 2008-12-22
- A telescope in a cubic kilometer of ice
- University of Delaware UD scientists and engineers are currently working at South Pole under very harsh conditions. This research team is one of the many other ones working on the construction of IceCube, the world's largest neutrino telescope in the Antarctic ice, far beneath the continent's snow-covered surface. When it...
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- Arctic Class of '08: less ice, but not the least
- Arctic Class of '08: less ice, but not the leastArctic Ice can not effect sea level"What If All the Ice Melts?" Myths and Realities (Wm. Robert Johnston, B.A. Astronomy, M.S. Physics)http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/environment/waterworld.html[b]"[i]Arctic Ocean pack ice = 0.01 % Fraction of world ice - The melting of floating ice will not change...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- Arctic Class of '08: less ice, but not the least
- Above phjoto taken last week by NASA satellite. The Arctic ice cap is relatively small this year, but it ranks as only second smallest. The Ice Class of '07 still reigns. That's the latest word from the National Snow and Ice Data Center which...
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- What's up, what's down on our warming planet?
- Glaciers are down, the ocean is up. Here are some details: Europe is losing its Alpine snowmass. Glaciers in Europe have lost 25% of their snowmass since 1980. It's more than agony for skiers. Huge sections of rock and rubble are leaving...
- Blog posts 2008-09-06
- Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.
- Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.I guess the video maker is contesting that the polar ice isnt meltingntHe showing that you're dumber than dirtYou don't even realize that the ice displaces more volume than liquid water and the melting makes the...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-19
- One prediction about climate change challenges another
- Remember the ozone hole? Well, the CFCs that were apparnetly causing the ozone hole to grow, have been reduced in human industry and releases are waning. The ozone hole over the South Pole is slowly diminishing. A new projection about climate change says the reduction of...
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Penguins Mania 1 (Windows)
- As the cold season approaches in the Antarctic, a penguin colony mysteriously disappeared and left their eggs behind. You must nurture and care these penguin chicks while defending them from their natural enemies and human poachers. Brendan the dog and his band are also ready to help. Offering lots of...
- Software downloads 2008-04-18
- More and more the earth has less and less
- More and more the earth has less and lessMaybe, maybe not...I know it's fashionable to be a global warming alarmist, but the climate trends are making it harder and harder to stay the "politically correct" course. Antarctic sea ice has actually been growing over the last two decades (http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/antarctic_020822.html) We...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- More and more the earth has less and less
- Natural features that have existed for millenia are disappearing. There have warming and cooling trends in the past, but today technology allows us to "see" what's happening. A mixture of satellite imagery, detailed on-site observation and computerized models allow human today to watch and chart what's happening as...
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Cooking at the South Pole
- In a freely available article, The Wall Street Journal reveals how chefs cook at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. You might find surprising to find such a post here, but cooking at the South Pole needs lots of innovation and creativity. Let's look at some of the challenges. First, the...
- Blog posts 2008-03-16
- Electricity generated by bacteria?
- It will take years before bacteria can generate enough energy to generate electricity for transportation, homes or businesses, but researchers at the University of Minnesota studying bacteria have found a way to convert waste into electricity. They've discovered that riboflavin (also known as vitamin B-2) is responsible for much of...
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- Stunning Landscapes Screensaver 1.1 (Windows)
- One of the most impressive photographs in this set is the blue ice covering Lake Fryxell, in the Trans Antarctic Mountains. The blue ice covering comes from glacial melt water from the Canada Glacier and other smaller glaciers. The freshwater stays on top of the lake and freezes, sealing in...
- Software downloads 2008-02-05
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