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Thaw and redraw: melting glacier moves Italian-Swiss border

Way up in the snowy Alps, the border between Switzerland and Italy has shifted due to a melting glacier, putting the location of an Italian mountain lodge in dispute......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgJul 26th, 2022

NASA mission flies over Arctic to study sea ice melt causes

It's not just rising air and water temperatures influencing the decades-long decline of Arctic sea ice. Clouds, aerosols, even the bumps and dips on the ice itself can play a role. To explore how these factors interact and impact sea ice melting, NAS.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 31st, 2024

Swiss study of Portuguese immigrants looks into the impact of citizenship on identity

From the moment immigrants set eyes on acquiring citizenship in their host country—especially when they accept it as a nationality of higher status—they already begin to identify with the particular nation. Furthermore, they simultaneously grow a.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 31st, 2024

Microscopic defects in ice influence how massive glaciers flow, study shows

As they seep and calve into the sea, melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising global water levels at unprecedented rates. To predict and prepare for future sea-level rise, scientists need a better understanding of how fast glaciers melt and what i.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 30th, 2024

Elon Musk could become U.S. policy adviser if Trump wins election, report says

The two have discussed ways for Musk, who runs the social media platform X as well as SpaceX and Tesla, to have "formal input and influence" over economic and border security policies, according to The Wall Street Journal......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsMay 29th, 2024

You only need 8 moves to strengthen your core, build strength all over and boost your metabolism without weights

You only need 8 moves to strengthen your core, build strength all over and boost your metabolism without weights.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsMay 27th, 2024

Life in water and mud: Colombians fed up with constant flooding

The Berrio family moves around their home on raised planks, upon which their beds and furniture have been raised, to avoid the knee-high, murky waters that have invaded their modest brick house......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 25th, 2024

Scientists worry so-called "Doomsday Glacier" is near collapse, satellite data reveals

Scientists worry so-called "Doomsday Glacier" is near collapse, satellite data reveals.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMay 25th, 2024

Italian teenage computer wizard set to become the first saint of the Millennial generation

Italian teenage computer wizard set to become the first saint of the Millennial generation.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsMay 24th, 2024

Heavy water: How melting ice sheets and pumped groundwater can lower local sea levels—and boost them elsewhere

Imagine you're standing near the edge of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, gazing out over the ocean, when the ice near you starts to melt very rapidly. A surge of meltwater flows into the ocean. Surprisingly, you watch the sea level fall—not rise......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 24th, 2024

Traffic stop leads border agents to stash house; 18 migrants, 2 smugglers arrested

Traffic stop leads border agents to stash house; 18 migrants, 2 smugglers arrested.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsMay 24th, 2024

Estonia says Russia removed navigation buoys on border river

Estonia says Russia removed navigation buoys on border river.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 23rd, 2024

Opinon: Conservation areas stand between needs of local communities and preserving natural resources

For centuries the Makuleke community lived in the northeastern corner of South Africa, close to the modern-day border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. But by the beginning of the 20th century, the squeeze on a disenfranchised community had begun, as.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 22nd, 2024

The World Is Ignoring the Other Deadly Kind of Carbon

Not only is black carbon terrible for human health, but ever-fiercer wildfires are covering the Arctic with the dark particles, accelerating melting......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsMay 21st, 2024

Fiat cars seized by Italian government over flag

The Topolino microcars allegedly violate the Made in Italy law for having the national flag on them when they are assembled in Morocco......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsMay 21st, 2024

Satellite radar data uncover "vigorous melting" at Antarctica"s Thwaites Glacier

A team of glaciologists led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine used high-resolution satellite radar data to find evidence of the intrusion of warm, high-pressure seawater many kilometers beneath the grounded ice of West Antarctica.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 20th, 2024

BLM ends future coal mining on Powder River Basin federal lands

The move compounds pressure on coal communities to diversify their economies. Enlarge / A 133-car coal train moves slowly as it's loaded at the Buckskin Coal Mine in 2006 in Gillette, Wyoming. (credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMay 20th, 2024

Climate change is a human rights issue

In April, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of a group of seniors who alleged that the Swiss government's failure to meet climate change mitigation targets is having an adverse impact on their health, well-being and quality of life......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 20th, 2024

Mahindra moves Roxor, tractor production to Detroit suburb

Mahindra moves Roxor, tractor production to Pontiac as the India-based vehicle manufacturer tries for stronger traction in North America......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsMay 16th, 2024

Mahindra moves Roxor, tractor production to Pontiac

Mahindra has moved production of its tractor and Roxor side-by-side vehicle to Pontiac, 30 miles North of Detroit ,in a consolidation move as the India-based vehicle manufacturer tries for stronger traction in North America. The company has inves.....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

New GPS-based method can measure daily ice loss in Greenland

When the ice sheet in Greenland melts, as it has done increasingly in recent years, the bedrock beneath moves slightly......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 14th, 2024