From ancient ice to hidden lakes, new research reveals the frozen continent as never before.
Not exact matches
Last week, paleontologist identified the skeleton of an
ancient horse that was
from an
ice age nearly 16000 years ago.
Detailed ana / lysis of acient
ice cores can be found in the paper: «Microbial Ana.lyses of Ancient Ice Core Sections from Greenland and Antarctica» — Caitlin Knowlton, Ram Veerapaneni, Tom D'Elia, and Scott O. Ro
ice cores can be found in the paper: «Microbial Ana.lyses of
Ancient Ice Core Sections from Greenland and Antarctica» — Caitlin Knowlton, Ram Veerapaneni, Tom D'Elia, and Scott O. Ro
Ice Core Sections
from Greenland and Antarctica» — Caitlin Knowlton, Ram Veerapaneni, Tom D'Elia, and Scott O. Roger
And whoso magnifieth the offerings con - sec - rated to Allah, it surely is
from devotion of the hearts, (32) Therein are benefits for you for an appointed term; and afterward they are brought for sac - rif -
ice unto the
ancient House.
Known as an
ancient super-fruit, dates offer a delicious caramel and toffee taste and are great for sweetening, binding and enriching the taste of different food products, ranging
from breakfast cereals and energy bars to condiments, chutneys, cakes and
ice - creams.
Products on show this year included: dairy free cheese, organic
ice tea, free
from noodles, rice mayonnaise, vegan eggs, gluten and sugar free
iced coffee and
ancient grain flour.
Scientists have explained Sputnik Planitia's youthful appearance by positing that it is an
ancient impact basin — a giant crater filled with thick floes of younger
ice that, driven by heat seeping up
from below, churn and refresh the surface.
Three - dimensional reconstructions of the skulls of the Goyet dog and another
Ice Age dog show that the animals» snouts didn't angle
from the skull the way modern dogs» do, and the
ancient versions didn't have some other features of modern dogs (SN Online: 2/5/15).
Meanwhile striking news came
from studies of
ancient climates recorded in Antarctic
ice cores.
Researchers have a record of atmospheric carbon dioxide stretching back millions of years thanks to
ice cores
from Antarctica, which contain trapped gas bubbles, snapshots of
ancient air.
For the past 23 years, with a pause between 1998 and 2004, a hole has been gradually drilled down
from this location into the
ancient layers of
ice.
Glorious shots illustrate the tributaries of an
ancient river system and show how fields of water
ice even now stretch out
from the Martian south pole.
Confirmation of this idea requires a direct record of the
ancient atmosphere — and this can be recovered by analysing the air that became trapped in tiny bubbles within
ice as the snow it formed
from fell to Earth.
A series of robotic missions,
from Viking in the 1970s to the Spirit rover still roaming Mars today, have observed
ancient riverbeds and polar
ice caps storing enough water to submerge the entire planet in an ocean 40 feet deep.
But the latest research into sulphur - producing algae,
ancient ice cores, and sea sediments
from the North Atlantic region could help climatologists
Here, at the West Antarctic
Ice Sheet Divide, Kendrick Taylor and his team of glaciologists drill into ancient ice to pull up ice cores, which trap bubbles of the atmosphere from the time that ice fell as sn
Ice Sheet Divide, Kendrick Taylor and his team of glaciologists drill into
ancient ice to pull up ice cores, which trap bubbles of the atmosphere from the time that ice fell as sn
ice to pull up
ice cores, which trap bubbles of the atmosphere from the time that ice fell as sn
ice cores, which trap bubbles of the atmosphere
from the time that
ice fell as sn
ice fell as snow.
From there they could control a fleet of robotic explorers and investigate the composition of
ancient ice deposits in the forever - dark craters of the Aitken basin.
In the lab,
ancient bacteria
from ice samples 420,000 years old, retrieved
from more than 2 miles (3 km) inside the
ice sheet, have quickly shown signs of life.
Scientists know that
from studying air bubbles trapped in
ancient ice in Greenland and Antarctica.
Video protocol for
ancient ice cores: Removal of Exogenous Materials from the Outer Portion of Frozen Cores to Investigate the Ancient Biological Communities Harbored Inside — Robyn A. Barbato &mdas
ancient ice cores: Removal of Exogenous Materials
from the Outer Portion of Frozen Cores to Investigate the
Ancient Biological Communities Harbored Inside — Robyn A. Barbato &mdas
Ancient Biological Communities Harbored Inside — Robyn A. Barbato — JOVE
Ancient biomolecules
from deep
ice cores reveal a forested southern Greenland.
Ancient biomolecules
from deep
ice cores reveal a forested southern Greenland Willerslev, E., E. Cappellini, W. Boomsma, R. Nielsen et al. 2007.
Previous studies suggest that natural geologic methane emissions of the past are at least as high as natural emissions today, so studying the
ancient ice cores allows researchers to accurately determine the upper limit of geologic emissions, separate
from their anthropogenic counterparts.
In a new study out last month in the journal Nature, a team of scientists
from Cambridge and Sweden point to evidence
from thousands of scratches left by
ancient icebergs on the ocean floor, indicating that Pine Island's glaciers shattered in a relatively short amount of time at the end of the last
ice age.
Heat trapping greenhouse - gas emissions are the obvious culprit, since they've increased dramatically over that same 50 years, but scientists prefer hard evidence to presumption, so a team
from the British Antarctic Survey has been drilling into
ancient ice to see how the current warming stacks up against what happened in the
ancient past.
The
ancient, patchwork - patterned church is right in front of you, but you almost miss it because you are walking with your head down, shielding your face
from the wind and employing all efforts to avoid slipping on hidden patches of
ice.
Paleontologist Kate Lloyd is asked to join a Norwegian expedition in the Antarctic after they uncover an
ancient alien spacecraft deep beneath the
ice, but when one of the shape - shifting creatures awakens
from its icy tomb, she will be forced
Paleontologist Kate Lloyd is asked to join a Norwegian expedition in the Antarctic after they uncover an
ancient alien spacecraft deep beneath the
ice, but when one of the shape - shifting creatures awakens
from its icy tomb, she will be forced to determine friend
from foe in a battle for survival atop the frozen continent.
Put it into Sport or Sport + mode and you'll certainly feel the
ancient ice heaves, but it won't be enough to dislodge your soy, half - caff latte
from its cupholder.
Captain Nemo's daughter seeks to explore Antarctica, only to discover an
ancient horror, in Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen book, Nemo: Heart of
Ice,
from Top Shelf Productions, the best - selling Graphic Novels in February.
Ice from nearby Lángjökull Glacier melts and travels into an
ancient lava field, filtering underground through porous volcanic rock over 50 years before it emerges where you can go snorkeling or scuba diving in it for a very unique (but cold) experience.
This tour travels overland
from the Pacific to the Arctic, along snow covered highways & roadways built of
ice along
ancient wildlife corridors, and traditional trading routes of First Nations traders
This romantic little spot, only a stone's throw away
from the
ancient ruins of Ephesus and the cascading
ice waters of Pamukkale, provides the perfect place for rest and rejuvenation.
Apparently it involves world travel, someone getting frozen in
ice and a mysterious
ancient civilisation, but the title and theme seems to be hard to decipher
from the logo and screenshots.
There is a recent press release
from model runs in Hamburg predicting an
ice - free Arctic summer: http://www.mpg.de/english/illustrationsDocumentation/documentation/pressReleases/2005/pressRelease200509301/ Meanwhile, there is some evidence that warming permafrost is going to release vast amounts of
ancient methane to the atmosphere.
When the
ice from a certain layer is crushed — say, a layer known to be 2,000 years old — tiny bubbles of
ancient air are released, the composition of which reflects the composition of the atmosphere 2,000 years ago.
From there, the
ancient ice swept down the valley along the north face of Eggishorn.
KERRY: It's a conclusion based on established physics and on evidence gathered
from satellite data,
ancient ice cores, temperature stations, and fossilized trees and corals.
Meanwhile important news came
from studies of
ancient climates recorded in Antarctic
ice cores, retrieved by a French and Russian team
from one of the most inhospitable places on Earth.
Data has also been gathered
from ice cores that contain
ancient air bubbles.
Oil — > Transport, Electricity — > 1) C02 and 10x stronger or so CH4 in air — > Global Warming — > Draughts, Hurricanes, Floods — > Lost crops, forests, homes — > CO2 fixing potential lost, Starvation, Diseases, More ressources / energy needed 2) C02 and 10x stronger or so CH4 in air — > Global Warming — >
Ice caps and glaciers metling — > Earth natural climate stabilizers lost + massive CH4 release from pergelisoils & ancient ice melt 3) CO2 in water — > Oceans acidification — > Destruction of centennial / millenial coral reefs — > Loss of oceans» filters / pulmons / incubators / biodiversity reservoir — > Food short
Ice caps and glaciers metling — > Earth natural climate stabilizers lost + massive CH4 release
from pergelisoils &
ancient ice melt 3) CO2 in water — > Oceans acidification — > Destruction of centennial / millenial coral reefs — > Loss of oceans» filters / pulmons / incubators / biodiversity reservoir — > Food short
ice melt 3) CO2 in water — > Oceans acidification — > Destruction of centennial / millenial coral reefs — > Loss of oceans» filters / pulmons / incubators / biodiversity reservoir — > Food shortage
The tree - ring data match other information about long - term climate change, like the data
from ice cores drilled out of
ancient glaciers.
Thousands of years ago, during the height of the
ancient Greek and Roman empires, lead emissions
from sources such as the mining and smelting of lead - silver ores in Europe drifted with the winds over the ocean to Greenland — a distance of more than 2800 miles (4600 km)- and settled onto the
ice.
Although the Middle East is not currently rebounding
from an
ice age, the scientists say those
ancient rebounds have things in common with the way the climate is changing today: Rainfall is decreasing and higher temperatures are causing more evaporation that is drying up the land.
It seems that
ancient relicts
from ice recession on Baffin Island have been regularly reported in specialist literature.
The 1980s and 1990s brought proof (chiefly
from studies of
ancient ice) that the global climate could indeed shift, abruptly and catastrophically, within a century — perhaps even within a decade.
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They based their findings on analysis of the chemical isotopes locked in
ancient ice from the Weddell Sea embayment, and the evidence suggests that in the past, when polar waters became more stratified, the
ice sheets melted much more quickly.
America's
Ancient Forests —
From the
Ice Age to the Age of Discovery.
These clues include the earlier spring arrivals of migrating birds, earlier blooming of wildflowers and Washington DC's cherry trees, melting glaciers and icecaps, micro-fossils
from cores of mud
from the ocean floor, and bubbles of
ancient air retrieved
from cores of glacial
ice.