Monthly Archives: January 2022

Changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet volume lag climate changes, such that today’s climate could still be affecting its size in thousands of years’ time

Originally posted on Iowa Climate Science Education:
Peer-Reviewed Publication PLOS IMAGE:?THE LEFT SUBPANEL SHOWS THE ICE THICKNESS USED TO INITIALIZE THE MODEL (SHADING) AND THE CONTEMPORARY COAST LINE (BLACK CONTOUR LINE) WHILE THE RIGHT SUBPANEL DEPICTS THE CORRESPONDING BEDROCK TOPOGRAPHY.…

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Coal is the fuel greens cannot kill

Worldwide, efforts to shutter coal mines are yielding cartoonish results. The post Coal is the fuel greens cannot kill appeared first on CFACT. via CFACT https://ift.tt/3pLmoyX December 11, 2021 at 04:18AM via Iowa Climate Science Education Coal is the fuel greens … Continue reading

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Geographers and COP26 – looking back and forward?

Originally posted on Geography Directions:
By Alex Jackman and Liz Fox-Tucker, Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) Geographers are central to tackling climate change. At COP26 last year – and at many related events – geographers were…

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NASA’s Webb Telescope Reaches Major Milestone as Mirror Unfolds

Originally posted on Iowa Climate Science Education:
From NASA This artist?s conception of the James Webb Space Telescope in space shows all its major elements fully deployed. The telescope was folded to fit into its launch vehicle, and then was…

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