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Cosmic Journeys: Exploring the Possibilities of Mars and Beyond
This video discusses the history of human fascination with Mars and the imaginative leaps made about the possibility of life on the planet. It also touches on current scientific exploration and search for potential landing spots for...
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Massive ‘Doomsday Glacier’ could collapse into ocean
Scientists found that warm water is eating away the foundations under Antarctica’s so-called “Doomsday Glacier” at an alarm
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Mark Hillringhouse - 'Moisture'
Mark Hillringhouse is a published poet, essayist, and photographer whose works have been widely exhibited in area galleries. His photo-essay on the Passaic River was published in the American Poetry Review and his photography and writing...
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Ice age cut massive channels under North Sea
A new study shows detailed 3D images of hundreds of channels carved into the bedrock under the North Sea.
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Massive melting event strikes Greenland due to heat wave
A ‘massive melting event’ has affected Greenland’s ice sheet during a heat wave that has brought temperatures more than twice as hot as seasonal averages.
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NASA | Earth Science Week: Melting Ice, Rising Seas
"Melting Ice, Rising Seas" is Episode 5 in the six-part series "Tides of Change", exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. Sea level rise is an indicator that our planet is warming. Much of the world's...
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Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier Reacts to Changing Ocean Temperatures
NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission uses ships and planes to measure how ocean temperatures affect Greenland's vast icy expanses. Jakobshavn Glacier, known in Greenlandic as Sermeq Kujalle, on Greenland's central western side,...
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Permafrost melt releasing stored methane
Researchers from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks (UAF) have identified tens of thousands of methane seeps in areas along the coast of Alaska and Greenland. Some experts believe the escape of large quantities of previously frozen...
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English Essentials - Venturing into Visuals – Analysing Visual Techniques and Text (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
In this second lesson, we’ll venture deeper into visual techniques. Take a closer look at the nitty-gritty of images and how composers arrange visual elements to create certain effects. Build your confidence with important techniques...
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Current State of Ice Caps and Sea Levels
Provides insight on the melting of the ice caps and how that is translating into political instability and tension, as well as graphics to illustrate the effects of 3-5 meters of sea level rise on major cities
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NASA | Scientists Link Earlier Melting Of Snow To Dark Aerosols
Tiny particles suspended in the air, known as aerosols, can darken snow and ice causing it to absorb more of the sun’s energy. But until recently, scientists rarely considered the effect of all three major types of light-absorbing...
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Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2019 Minimum Extent
Arctic sea ice likely reached its 2019 minimum extent of 1.60 million square miles (4.15 million square kilometers) on Sept. 18, tied for second lowest summertime extent in the satellite record, according to NASA and the National Snow...
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NASA | Sea Ice Max 2013: An Interesting Year for Arctic Sea Ice
After a record melt season, an Arctic cyclone, and a fascinating fracturing event, Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year.
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Architect’s floating igloos would protect penguins and cool sea ice
An Iranian architect has shared a design that aims to protect penguins and control the melting of polar ice in Antarctica.
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Greenland’s glacier loss is accelerating
A new study using satellite images finds that Greenland’s glacier melt is accelerating.
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NASA | Arctic Melt Season Lengthening, Ocean Rapidly Warming
The length of the melt season for Arctic sea ice is growing by several days each decade, and an earlier start to the melt season is allowing the Arctic Ocean to absorb enough additional solar radiation in some places to melt as much as...
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For 15 Years, GRACE Tracked Freshwater Movements Around the World
Between 2002 and 2016, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) tracked the movement of freshwater around the planet. NASA scientists used GRACE data to identify regional trends of freshwater movement, and combined that...
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Field Study Sheds New Light on Melt Zone
Five years after a NASA-funded field study returned to to set up camp once again in the melt zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet, a new study adds to the rich findings from this innovative project. We look back on this bold undertaking,...
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Satellites show Greenland’s melting ice is causing seas to rise
Greenland’s ice sheet contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by 6 meters, and it’s melting at an alarming rate.
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Why Won't it Melt? How NASA's Solar Probe will Survive the Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is heading to the Sun. Why won't the spacecraft melt? Thermal Protection System Engineer Betsy Congdon (Johns Hopkins APL) outlines why Parker can take the heat. Music credit: Cheeky Chappy [Main Track] by Jimmy...
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NASA | Sea Ice 2008
Arctic sea ice declined this summer to its second smallest extent in the satellite era, suggesting that the record set in 2007 may not have been an anomaly. If recent trends in the melt rate continue, we could see a virtually ice-free...
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NASA | Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2014 Minimum Extent
Sea ice acts as an air conditioner for the planet, reflecting energy from the sun. On September 17, the Arctic sea ice reached its minimum extent for 2014. At 1.94 million square miles (5.02 million square kilometers), it’s the sixth...
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Chemistry Properties and Structure of Matter: Properties of Matter - Separation Techniques Part 2
But why is the rum gone? Don’t worry, pirates. Long Jane Silver is refilling the rum barrels. Elsewhere, Blackbeard and Cookie the Chef have a showdown. Who is the best separator of seawater across the seven seas? This lesson will...