Greenland is the largest island in the world and has the largest ice cap in the Northern Hemisphere. If that ice melts, the sea will rise more than 7 meters. But it’s not going to happen, is it? Well, not soon, but understanding how much of a sheet of ice …
Read More »The mysterious ‘Dark River’ could flow up to 1000 kilometers below Greenland, scientists say.
According to new research, a huge underground river that melts ice from the surface of Greenland could flow in a state of permanent darkness. The ‘Dark River’, nicknamed, is a fictional waterway that, if it really exists, extends 1000 kilometers (620 miles) from the interior of Greenland to the northwestern …
Read More »Ancient lake discovered under Greenland could be millions of years old, scientists say
Remains of a huge, ancient lake have been found under Greenland, buried under a sheet of ice in the northwest of the country and estimated to be millions, if not thousands, years old, scientists say. The giant ‘fossil lake bed’ is a phenomenon that scientists have never seen before in …
Read More »Graphene reveals a super-rare form of magnetism when 3 layers occur simultaneously
Something that largely exists in just two dimensions, graphene seems everywhere. The super-thin ‘wonder material’ is famous not only for its incredible strength, but also for its unique, often surprising combination in thermal and electromagnetic properties. In recent times, graphene research has led to many bizarre experimental discoveries when scientists …
Read More »Rising temperatures are forcing Antarctica to return to the last point, scientists warn
As the Earth’s average surface temperature rises, another degree Celsius will rise 2.5 meters above sea level from Antarctica alone, and a three-degree increase in the frozen continent will see an increase of 6.5 meters, scientists warned on Wednesday. This catastrophic increase in the global waterline – enough to develop …
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