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Study Links Accelerating Uplift of Greenland to Accelerated Melting of Ice

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A study by a team of researchers from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami found that the acceleration of upward vertical motion of the rocky margins of Greenland indicates that accelerated ice loss in western Greenland started in the late 1990s. Tags: Brief. Jiang et al. Yan Jiang, Timothy H.

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ESA: Collapse of the Ice Bridge Supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf Appears imminent

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By having a time series of radar satellite images throughout this event, Humbert and Braun are able to determine how the rifts develop and how the narrowest part of the bridge responds to these changes. The web page will be updated with Envisat images as they are received to allow the public to witness the event. Earlier post.)

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China Meteorological Administration: Climate Adaptation More Realistic and Urgent than Mitigation for Food Security

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While CMA has observed the effects of climate change producing “some favorable factors to grain production in parts of China”, such as increased warming in the colder high latitudes, warming is expected to reduce the country’s overall food production. Tags: Brief. The drought situation in China in early February 2009.

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General Motors Kicks Off National Electric Vehicle Training Tour For First Responders

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spreader to perform a “dash roll” of a pre-production Chevrolet Volt, as part of a demonstration at the 2010 Fire-Rescue Conference. The high-voltage system is designed to shut down automatically in the event of an airbag deployment, and to detect a loss of communication from an airbag control module. International in Chicago.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

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After a year of speculation based on little more than a person in a robot suit combined with some optimistic assertions made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk , many roboticists tuned in to the event livestream (or attended in person) to see what Tesla’s approach to humanoid robotics would turn out to be. It’s been used in various forms since the 1990s.

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Study Finds Unexpected Decadal Decline in Global Evapotranspiration, Links It to Moisture Limitation in Southern Hemisphere

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The new research, published online in the journal Nature , found that global evapotranspiration did indeed increase from 1982 to the late 1990s on average by 7.1 ± 1.0 Longer term observations will be needed to determine if these changes are part of decadal-scale variability or a longer-term shift in global climate, the researchers said.

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UN Review of Recent Climate Research Concludes That Impacts Of Climate Change Coming Faster Than Anticipated

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The report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), entitled Climate Change Science Compendium 2009 , highlights new research that identifies some events thought likely to occur in longer-term time horizons as already happening or set to happen far sooner than had previously been thought. Tags: Climate Change.