Its authors say understanding the way strong global heating affects polar ice sheets will be crucial to projecting sea level rise over the next century.
Ice Sheet Uncertainties Could Mean Sea Level Will Rise More Than Predicted
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As glaciers flow outward from the Greenland Ice Sheet, what lies beneath them offers clues to their role in future ice thinning and sea-level rise contribution.
Recently Discovered Comet Seen During 2020 Total Solar Eclipse
As Chile and Argentina witnessed the total solar eclipse on Dec. 14, 2020, unbeknownst to skywatchers, a little tiny speck was flying past the Sun — a recently discovered comet.
Research Breakthrough Could Transform Clean Energy Technology
By some estimates, the amount of solar energy reaching the surface of the earth in one year is greater than the sum of all the energy we could ever produce using non-renewable resources.
Land Ecosystems Are Becoming Less Efficient at Absorbing CO2
Land ecosystems currently play a key role in mitigating climate change.
