World's glaciers have new size estimate
The relatively small glaciers that drape the planet's mountains will play an important role in future sea level rise, according to a new study that estimated glaciers' collective size. Researchers calculated the ice thickness for 171,000 glaciers ...www.cbsnews.com
4 Billion Year Old, Extremely Valuable Meteorite Used As Doorstop By ...
The rock is estimated to be more than 4 and a half billion years old. In addition to being extremely rare, meteorites of this size are also valuable. In an October auction, cosmic rocks for sale had price tags ranging from the tens to hundreds of ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Water: Source Of International Conflict And Weapon Of War – Analysis
Agriculture today obviously consumes more than 70 percent of global water use and the bigger size of middle income family in emerging economies in future will make greater demand for meat, fruits and vegetable production.www.eurasiareview.com
Middleton-Cross Plains School District tries again with Nov. 6 referendum
Marshall: $1.5 million over the next three years to maintain class sizes, improve technology and other maintenance and improvement projects.host.madison.com
First oil nears for Kazakhstan's supergiant field
Yet developing a remote offshore site half the size of Delaware that is blighted by weather ranging from blazing to glacial has proved difficult. The northern ... "(But) every single placement of rock was done with GPS control" to calculate depth and ...www.dailyherald.com
WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election
The size and shape of the defense budget go a long way toward determining whether the U.S. can influence events abroad, prevent new wars and be ready for those it can't avoid.www.huffingtonpost.com
Why Greenland's record ice-melt matters
It's a continuous sheet of ice around six times the size of the UK and nearly two miles deep in places. After Antarctica, it is ... A single iceberg that floated away from the glacier this summer contained an estimated 1 million cubic metres of ice ...www.channel4.com
Peruvian innovators trying to save disappearing glaciers
The skiers raced down the glistening white Pastoruri glacier, whose broad white ramp unfurled from 2,000 feet above nearly all the way to this dusty lot.www.pri.org
Spitfire WWII Fighter Planes In Myanmar Excavation Could Flood Vintage Plane ...
We estimate that there are at least 60 Spitfires buried and they are in good condition," Htoo Htoo Zaw said Wednesday.www.huffingtonpost.com
Louisville Zoo's sea eagle arctic exhibit finally taking shape
After a lengthy delay, work is proceeding on the final elements of the Louisville Zoo's arctic-themed Glacier Run exhibit -- a large aviary to house two Steller's sea eagles set to open around Thanksgiving and a snowy owl exhibit tentatively to be ...www.courier-journal.com
Russian Geoglyph: Elk-Shaped Design Found In Ural Mountains, May Predate ...
Excluding the possible tail, the animal stretches for about 900 feet (275 meters) at its farthest points (northwest to southeast), the researchers estimate, equivalent to two American football fields. The figure faces north and would have been visible ...www.huffingtonpost.com
'Iron Man' Buddhist Statue With Nazi Past Found To Have Been Carved From ...
This space Buddha, also known as "iron man" to the researchers, is of unknown age, though the best estimates date the statue to sometime between the eighth and 10th centuries.www.huffingtonpost.com
Research observes sea level change with new method
Water changes like thermal expansion, changes in ocean circulation and differing glacial sizes cause long-term variations in sea level, she said.www.dailytargum.com
Research intensifies over rapidly melting Arctic ice
This summer, a Japanese research team on a field survey allowed me to accompany them over a glacier, where melting ice created channels with torrents of water heading toward the ocean.ajw.asahi.com
Xenon, Noble Gas Missing From Earth Atmosphere, May Be 'Hiding' In Minerals
Researchers have hypothesized that the element is lurking in glaciers, minerals or Earth's core, among other places. "Scientists always said the xenon is not really missing.www.huffingtonpost.com
Top Predator on the Plains: Wolf, Bear or Human?
Archaeologists estimate that humans killed up to 200,000 bison a year in Montana using this method, whereas wolves only killed 25,000.newswatch.nationalgeographic.com
Highland Resources Intersects 20.5 Meters of 2.24% Cu at the Keweenaw ...
Mineralization comes to the bedrock surface and is covered by 3 to 30 meters of glacial deposits. "The alteration and mineralization intersected by Highland are identical to the available historic core and we are encouraged that the ... Highland's ...www.equities.com
Alaska scientist who found drowning polar bears committed wrong-doing ...
But the IG pointed out, if Monnett and Gleason had followed their extrapolation model instead of suppressing it, the number of estimated bear fatalities could have been higher. So why keep the estimate low? "We didn't want somebody to go ... Quite a ...www.alaskadispatch.com
Pod Rods: a wild baby carriage ride, a very low car; and lots of SEMA stuff
These included Al Fresco, a silver metallic with fresh green tint; Victoria Grey, a classic grey with an iridescent highlight of gold metal; Opulence, a refined red pearl with intense jewel tone; Glacier, an icy graphite grey with a slight violet blue ...jacksonville.com
Alaska's estate: Despite complaints, Alaska received a generous land grant
The committee extended it explicitly to Alaska, and, since the future state had coastline of 6,640 statute miles, it added an estimated 35 to 45 million acres to its land grant. Lastly, the committee agreed that the enabling bill was not ... In Alaska ...newsminer.com
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