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Jakobshavn Isbr Is Moving Ice From The Greenland Ice Sheet Into The Ocean at a Speed

Feb 26, 2014

Jakobshavn Isbr (Jakobshavn Glacier) is moving ice from the Greenland ice sheet into the ocean at a speed that appears to be the fastest ever recorded. Researchers from the University of Washington and the German Space Agency (DLR) measured ...

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Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier Is Melting Irreversibly

Jan 12, 2014

Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, one of the biggest single contributors to world sea-level rise, is melting irreversibly and could add as much as a centimetre (0.4 inches) to ocean levels in 20 years, a study said Sunday. The glacier ...

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Pine Island Glacier Is Much More Susceptible to Climatic and Ocean Variability

Jan 3, 2014

A new study published in Science this month suggests the thinning of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is much more susceptible to climatic and ocean variability than at first thought. Observations by a team of scientists at British ...

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Buried Underneath Compacted Snow and Ice in Greenland Lies a Large Liquid Water Reservoir

Dec 15, 2013

Buried underneath compacted snow and ice in Greenland lies a large liquid water reservoir that has now been mapped by researchers using data from NASA's Operation IceBridge airborne campaign. A team of glaciologists serendipitously found ...

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Business Insider Has The Story About Greenland and Global Warming

Dec 25, 2012

Business Insider has the story about Greenland and global warming, which is peeling back thick ice and uncovering vast mineral wealth: Latest satellite data reveal that 97% of the surface of the Greenland ice sheet underwent surface ...

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Emcore Corp Was Awarded a Solar Panel Manufacturing Contract by Orbital Sciences Corp

Sep 26, 2012

Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which makes components,subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets,has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by Orbital Sciences Corp for the spacecraft it is making for ...

Tags: Emcore, Orbital Sciences, NASA, ICESat-2 Spacecraft, solar panel