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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…)

IBM and University of Aberdeen Collaborate to Identify Molecules from the Deep Sea

By Guest PostAugust 2, 20105 commentsScience, Technologyafm, dermacoccus abyssi, ibm, leo gross, marcel jaspars, mariana trench, marine biodiscovery centre, noncontact atomic force microscopy, pacific ocean, sea level, taiwanese orchid, university of aberdeen

–For the first time, atomic force microscopy helps scientists reveal the exact chemical structure of a natural compound

–Using this fast and accurate technique could open new possibilities in drug discovery and treatments

–Compound was extracted from a mud sample taken from the Mariana Trench, 10,916 meters (35,814 feet) below sea level

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Greenland’s Glaciers Double in Speed

IBM and University of Aberdeen Collaborate to Identify Molecules from the Deep Sea