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Greenland’s Glaciers Double in Speed

By Guest PostFebruary 22, 2011Environmentairborne radar systems, antarctic ice sheet, Arctic, basins and mountains, Cambridge University, glacier, glaciologist, global climate system, global ocean, global sea level change, greenland, greenland ice sheet, humankind, icebergs, icy world, julian dowdeswell, polar regions, radar systems, sea level, seas, sub glacial mountains, temperatures

The contribution of Greenland to global sea level change and the mapping of previously unknown basins and mountains beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet are highlighted in a new film released by Cambridge University this morning.

The work of glaciologist Professor Julian Dowdeswell, Director of Cambridge University’s Scott Polar Research Institute, is the focus of This Icy World, the latest film in the University’s Cambridge Ideas series. (more…)

Rare Earth Elements: The World is Rapidly Running Out and China Has Most of The Remaining Supply

Most people have no idea what rare earth elements are, but a wide array of the technologies that we use every single day are dependent on them.

Without rare earth elements, we would have no hybrid car batteries, flat screen televisions, cell phones or iPods. Without rare earth elements, the entire “green economy” would not be able to function, because almost all emerging green technologies use them.

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Greenland’s Glaciers Double in Speed

Rare Earth Elements: The World is Rapidly Running Out and China Has Most of The Remaining Supply