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What lies beneath melting glaciers and thawing permafrost?

Around the planet, ice is rapidly disappearing. From mountain tops, the poles, the seas, and the tundra. As the ice melts, it's exposing new surfaces, new opportunities, and new threats—including valuable mineral deposits, archaeological relics, no.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgSep 14th, 2022

LA"s quake mystery: 2024 brings the most seismic activity in decades. Why now?

The ground beneath Southern California has been particularly unsteady as of late, with the region experiencing more moderate-sized earthquakes this year than it has in decades......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

What lies ahead for AI in cybersecurity

AI is becoming recognized for its potential to strengthen cybersecurity measures and tackle the skills gap across various sectors. Its ability to streamline data management processes boosts efficiency and strengthens security protocols. However, the.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Microbial marvels: Study finds "untapped biodiversity" in the bathroom, on your toothbrush and showerhead

Step aside tropical rainforests and coral reefs—the latest hotspot to offer awe-inspiring biodiversity lies no further than your bathroom......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Researchers link El Niño to accelerated ice loss in tropics

Natural climate patterns such as El Niño are causing tropical glaciers to lose their ice at an alarming rate, a new study has found......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Deadly human-wildlife conflict lies at center of Zimbabwe lake and an embattled economy, says author

A Griffith University researcher has shed light on the tragic and often overlooked human-wildlife conflicts surrounding a vast, picturesque lake that supports the livelihoods of villagers in a remote Zimbabwe region......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Nepalis fear more floods as climate change melts glaciers

Mingma Rita Sherpa was not home when the muddy torrent roared into his village in Nepal without warning, but when he returned, he did not recognize his once beautiful settlement......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 5th, 2024

New Kuiper Belt objects lurk farther away than we ever thought

Earth's Kuiper Belt appears to be substantially larger than we thought. In the outer reaches of the Solar System, beyond the ice giant Neptune, lies a ring of comets and dwarf pla.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 5th, 2024

Skiing calls on UN climate science to combat melting future

World skiing's governing body joined forces with the UN's weather agency on Thursday in a bid to feed its meteorological expertise into managing the "existential threat" to winter sports posed by climate change......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024

Swiss glaciers are receding again after 2 punishing years and despite a good start to 2024

The volume of Switzerland's glaciers shrank again this summer, compounding the negative impact of climate change after a devastating two-year run that depleted the ice by more than 10%, scientific experts reported Tuesday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Scientists highlight overlooked threats to Arctic coasts amid climate change

As climate change rapidly transforms Arctic marine systems, the dramatic image of a polar bear struggling on a melting ice floe has become symbolic of the region's environmental crisis. But scientists argue that coastal Arctic ecosystems are undergoi.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024

Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of their border

Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of their border.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024

This $76 accessory sounds an alarm if your GPU is melting

Thermal Grizzly's WireView Pro protects your GPU from potential damage by measuring and monitoring temperature and power......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Lunar gravity measurements hint at a partially molten mantle layer

We know that beneath its crater-pocked silicate crust, the moon has an olivine mantle and a metallic core. Some research has also suggested that a partially molten layer may lie at the base of the otherwise solid mantle, sandwiched between it and the.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Saturday Citations: Octopuses as shift supervisors for fish; universe confounds standard model; extremely old cheese

This week, biologists tracked down a mysterious group of orcas near Chile; Hubble spotted a black hole jet that causes stars along its trajectory to erupt; and researchers explained mysterious craters that began appearing in Siberian permafrost in th.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 28th, 2024

Geologists discover mysterious subduction zone beneath Pacific, reshaping understanding of Earth"s interior

University of Maryland scientists uncovered evidence of an ancient seafloor that sank deep into Earth during the age of dinosaurs, challenging existing theories about Earth's interior structure. Located in the East Pacific Rise (a tectonic plate boun.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 28th, 2024

Another building block of life can handle Venus" sulfuric acid

Venus is often described as a hellscape. The surface temperature breaches the melting point of lead, and though its atmosphere is dominated by carbon dioxide, it contains enough sulfuric acid to satisfy the comparison with Hades......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

Study offers new explanation for Siberia"s permafrost craters

Mysterious craters that first appeared in the Siberian permafrost a decade ago were caused by climate change-driven pressure changes that explosively released methane frozen underground, a new study reports. The research offers a fresh take on the or.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

Researcher develops low-sugar ice cream with smooth texture

Wageningen researcher Qi Wang has developed a new variant of low-sugar ice cream that mimics the texture and melting properties of traditional ice cream. By replacing half of the sugar with broken-down proteins or the sweetener xylitol, she succeeded.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 25th, 2024

Arctic sea ice near historic low; Antarctic ice continues decline

Arctic sea ice retreated to near-historic lows in the Northern Hemisphere this summer, likely melting to its minimum extent for the year on Sept.11, 2024, according to researchers at NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). The decline.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 25th, 2024

"Doomsday" glacier set to melt faster and swell seas as world heats up, say scientists

Tidal action on the underside of the Thwaites Glacier in the Antarctic will "inexorably" accelerate melting this century, according to new research by British and American scientists. The researchers warn the faster melting could destabilize the enti.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsSep 23rd, 2024