https://padlet.com/17outlawb/ir9hl7knmly7 en-us 2017-01-24 14:14:27 UTC 2017-05-15 02:59:02 UTC hello@padlet.com 17outlawb https://padlet.com/17outlawb/ir9hl7knmly7/wish/149031846 Huge valleys recently discovered underneath Antarctic ice allow warm ocean water to flow beneath the continent's massive glaciers, fueling their rapid retreat, a new study finds. This network of valleys is leading to the ice from melting from underneath.  If glaciers keep collapsing, sea levels could rise as much as 4 feet. Milan says that the research gives more insight on what's going on with these glaciers and the effects of warm ocean water. The scientists said  there are some features of the topography that could slow the glaciers' retreat. The depths of the channels were also a new discover. The massive submarine valleys under the Crosson and Dotson ice shelves start about 3,930 feet (1,200 m) below the ice and slope up to points 1,640 feet (500 m) beneath Crosson and 2,460 feet (750 m) beneath Dotson.]]> 2017-01-24 14:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/17outlawb/ir9hl7knmly7/wish/149031846 17outlawb https://padlet.com/17outlawb/ir9hl7knmly7/wish/149039250 Scientists have been divided over the mysterious pattern of evenly spaced bald patches that people call "fairy circles". Some say the spots are the scars of termite mounds; others think thirsty, self-organizing plants create the pattern in their fight for scarce water. They are in Africa's Namib Desert. Both are partially right since This means that evenly spaced clumps of grass might form in a desert, for example, to balance the pros (increased shade and moisture concentration) and cons (competition for resources) of sticking together in a harsh environment. By these principles, tall grass grows in a ring around termite colonies to take full advantage of the moisture and nutrients stored in the mounds, the researchers said.]]> 2017-01-24 15:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/17outlawb/ir9hl7knmly7/wish/149039250 17outlawb https://padlet.com/17outlawb/ir9hl7knmly7/wish/149046771 President Obama left office on Friday, but scientists will be saying "thanks, Obama" for years to come.Or more specifically, "thanks, Station Obama." Eight years ago on Friday, scientists named a climate monitoring location in a desolate bay off the Antarctic Peninsula after the 44th president to mark his inauguration. They took the step as a way to honor a president they viewed as a someone who would bring scientific integrity back to the White House. they're returning to the site in the next few days as part of a five-week research cruise underway in the Southern Ocean and plan to make it an annual visit. The data they collect at Station Obama shows how climate change is altering one of the most fragile places on the planet from melting ice to massive ecosystem changes.

]]> 2017-01-24 15:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/17outlawb/ir9hl7knmly7/wish/149046771 17outlawb https://padlet.com/17outlawb/ir9hl7knmly7/wish/149047895 Upon learning that President Donald Trump's new administration had removed the web page on climate change from the White House's site, climate scientists were dismayed, though not necessarily surprised.  He is instating the America First Energy Plan, the In the plan, the White House states, "President Trump is committed to eliminating harmful and unnecessary policies such as the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the U.S. rule." Experts say flaws are that the policy also states that the Trump administration is "committed to clean coal technology." But clean coal technology — which captures regulated pollutants released from burning coal — doesn't yet exist in the nation's electrical power sector]]> 2017-01-24 15:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/17outlawb/ir9hl7knmly7/wish/149047895 17outlawb https://padlet.com/17outlawb/ir9hl7knmly7/wish/149098517 One of Alaska’s most abundant freshwater fish species is altering its breeding patterns in response to climate change, which could impact the ecology of northern lakes that already acutely feel the effects of a changing climate, research suggests. Research at the University of Washington says they analyzed reproductive patterns of three-spine stickleback fish over half a century in Alaska's Bristol Bay region. The data show that stickleback breed earlier and more often each season in response to earlier spring ice breakup and longer ice free summers. This study is the first to document multiple breeding cycles for fish in a single season due to climate change. Rachel Hovel says that the exciting thing about this paper is that it shows, for the first time, the emergence of multiple breeding in a vertebrate as a response to climate change.]]> 2017-01-24 17:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/17outlawb/ir9hl7knmly7/wish/149098517 17outlawb https://padlet.com/17outlawb/ir9hl7knmly7/wish/149104943 Earth's 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Because weather station locations and measurement practices change over time, there are uncertainties in the interpretation of specific year-to-year global mean temperature differences. However, even taking this into account, NASA estimates 2016 was the warmest year with greater than 95 percent certainty. Weather dynamics often affect regional temperatures, so not every region on Earth experienced record average temperatures last year. ]]> 2017-01-24 17:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/17outlawb/ir9hl7knmly7/wish/149104943