East Antarctic Ice Sheet Melting At Alarming Rate
The East Antarctic ice sheet, once unaltered by global warming, has swiftly melted since 2006 and could increase sea levels, says a new study.What is the redOrbit Knowledge Network?
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Census of Marine Life scientists have inventoried an astonishing abundance, diversity and distribution of deep sea species that have never known sunlight...
Census of Marine Life scientists have inventoried an astonishing abundance, diversity and distribution of deep sea species that have never known sunlight...
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Heavy Snow in Northern China.
The heaviest snowfall in decades struck northern China in mid-November 2009, reported the BBC. Hardest hit was Hebei Province in eastern China, where snow collapsed buildings and iced roads, leading t...
South Polar Carbon Dioxide Ice Cap.
This HiRISE image is of a portion of Mars' south polar residual ice cap. Like Earth, Mars has concentrations of water ice at both poles.
Because Mars is so much colder, however, the seasona...
Robert Satcher's Self-Portrait.
Astronaut Robert Satcher uses a digital still camera to expose take a self-portrait during the STS-129 mission's first spacewalk. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike F...
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