Unraveling a paradox of Himalayan glacier melt
One in five glaciers on Earth are covered with a layer of rocky debris. The presence of debris influences how glaciers melt. In the Himalaya, debris covers most large glaciers, and it is so thick that it should insulate the ice, slowing the rates of.....»»
Study: Two-thirds of glaciers on track to disappear by 2100
The world's glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds of them projected to melt out of existence by the end of the century at current climate change trends, according to a new study......»»
Sinking land forces hundreds to leave Indian temple town
Authorities in an Indian Himalayan town have stopped construction activities and started moving hundreds of people to temporary shelters after a temple collapsed and cracks appeared in over 600 houses because of sinking of land, officials said Saturd.....»»
Spring sunny heat waves caused record snow melt in 2021, adding to severe water supply impacts across the Western US
Snow-capped mountains aren't just scenic—they also provide natural water storage by creating reservoirs of frozen water that slowly melt into watersheds throughout the spring and summer months. Much of the Western U.S. relies on this process to ren.....»»
Team projects two out of three glaciers could be lost by 2100
Assistant Professor David Rounce of Civil and Environmental Engineering led an international effort to produce new projections of glacier mass loss through the century under different emissions scenarios. The projections were aggregated into global t.....»»
Busting a myth: Saturn V rocket wasn’t loud enough to melt concrete
It also wasn't loud enough to ignite grass or hair, or "blast rainbows from the sky." Enlarge / Scientists disproved a myth claiming the Saturn V rocket tested on the Apollo 4 mission in 1967 was loud enough to melt concrete. (cr.....»»
The history and mystery of Tangram, the children"s puzzle game that harbors a mathematical paradox or two
Have you played the puzzle game Tangram?.....»»
South Asian black carbon causes glacier loss on Tibetan Plateau
Black carbon aerosol is the product of incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass, and has strong light absorption. Black carbon deposition in snow ice reduces the albedo of the snow ice surface, accelerating the melting of glaciers and snow c.....»»
Unraveling the selective transport of sugar and a hormone that underlies male fertility in plants
Researchers at Nagoya University, Japan, have discovered a mechanism for the selective transportation of sugar and hormones in plants. The results also clarify that sugar transportation is necessary for male fertility in plants, which means pollen pr.....»»
Unraveling cell fate decisions through single cell methods and mathematical models
How does an embryonic stem cell decide if it becomes a heart cell or a kidney cell? That's the question computational biologist Maria Mircea studied for her Ph.D. research. She looked at the inside of individual cells to analyze how they change. This.....»»
Glaciers have existed on Earth for at least 60 million years—far longer than previously thought
Glaciers have been present somewhere on Earth for at least 60 million years, a period stretching back almost to the time of the dinosaurs. That's the key finding of our new research, which pushes the date when the planet was last glacier-free back by.....»»
Greenland"s glaciers might be melting 100 times as fast as previously thought
A computer model has been created by researchers at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin that determines the rate at which Greenland's glacier fronts are melting......»»
Unraveling the relationship of alcohol and club culture in women"s amateur soccer
Soccer and alcohol is a constant topic in Melbourne and beyond, even between seasons. Players behaving badly on the turps is a standard club issue......»»
Study reveals atmosphere-driven glacier mass loss changes at Urumqi Glacier
Glacier mass balance is one of the most important parameters characterizing glacier changes. However, the scarcity of glacier mass balance and meteorological data in the glacier area limits our understanding of glacier changes in the Tianshan Mountai.....»»
Maybe we don"t see aliens because they"re waiting to hear a signal from us first
We've had a long-running series here at UT on potential solutions Fermi paradox—why aren't we able to detect any alien life out there in the Universe? But more possible solutions are being developed all the time. Now, another paper adds some additi.....»»
Physicist identifies how electron crystals melt
The mysterious changes in phases of matter—from solid to liquid and back again—have fascinated Eun-Ah Kim since she was in lower elementary school in South Korea. Without cold drinking water readily available, on hot days the children would bring.....»»
Underwater tsunamis created by glacier calving cause vigorous ocean mixing
Scientists on a research vessel in Antarctica watched the front of a glacier disintegrate and their measurements "went off the scale." As well as witnessing disruptions on the ocean surface, they recorded "internal" underwater tsunamis as tall as a h.....»»
Quantum Particles Aren"t Spinning. So Where Does Their Spin Come From?
A new proposal seeks to solve the paradox of quantum spin.....»»
Researchers working to improve and simplify models for how PFAS flow through ground
As a growing number of communities are forced to confront PFAS contamination in their groundwater, a key hurdle in addressing this harmful group of chemicals lies in unraveling how they move through a region of the environment called the unsaturated.....»»
Generality vs. specificity: Unraveling the electric double layer structure of highly ionic liquid electrolytes
Using a combination of simulation and experimental techniques, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Material Science and Engineering researchers have been able to identify the electric double layer structure of an ionic liquid on a series of cryst.....»»
Researchers develop a new method for analyzing rock glaciers
Standing on a rock glacier is what Tyler Meng imagines it would be like to stand on the surface of Mars. The glacier's barren and wrinkled landscape looks like Silly Putty that's drooped under gravity's pull, offering few clues that a frozen, debris-.....»»