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WWF-Bericht zum World Ranger Day: Mindestens 107 getötete Ranger im letzten Jahr / 20 Prozent der Wildhüter weltweit ohne Krankenversicherung, 45 Prozent ohne Arbeitsunfähigkeitsversicherung (more…)
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Hidden Greenland Canyons Mean More Sea Level Rise
Scientists at NASA and the University of California, Irvine (UCI), have found that canyons under Greenland’s ocean-feeding glaciers are deeper and longer than previously thought, increasing the amount of Greenland’s estimated contribution to future sea level rise.
“The glaciers of Greenland are likely to retreat faster and farther inland than anticipated, and for much longer, according to this very different topography we have discovered,” said Mathieu Morlighem, a UCI associate project scientist who is lead author of the new research paper. The results were published Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience. (more…)