Think you are hardcore because you’ve been on a research cruise for a week? A month? Three months? Well you ain’t got nothing on these…
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A Story of Climate Change Told In 15 Graphs
Recently, on Twitter and Facebook I noticed graphs of climate change and its impacts being posted. These were often unaccompanied with data sources or links. A…
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TGIF: This Glacier is NOT a photo
This BLOWS MY MIND. This is not a photo, it’s a drawing using pastels: The artist is Zaria Forman, and she’s using the pieces to…
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Climate Change vs. The Holiday Season
A US Senator posting on Buzzfeed? AND using animated GIFs to talk about Science? This one’s too good to ignore, but the facts are definitely…
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Hipster bacteria hate the tropics (it’s too mainstream)
Terrestrial biologists have it easy (especially those that work in the tropics) – they can just book a plane ticket and wander around the forest,…
View More Hipster bacteria hate the tropics (it’s too mainstream)This ice crack is whack.
Kids, we all know that crack is bad for your body. And when it comes to sea ice, the same policy applies. Too much crack…
View More This ice crack is whack.Notes from the field: Find the currents, deploy the ROBOTS!
We’re excited for another guest post from Kim Martini here at DSN (read previous posts here). Kim is a physical oceanographer working at the University of Alaska,…
View More Notes from the field: Find the currents, deploy the ROBOTS!How microscopic plankton explain the opening of the Northwest Passage
For centuries, mariners sought the Northwest Passage, a route through the Canadian ice that connected the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Today, the Arctic…
View More How microscopic plankton explain the opening of the Northwest PassageEU Clashes with Greenland over Arctic
Is the EU trying to off oil competitors or is there real concern on protecting the Arctic ecosystem? via EU clashes with Greenland over international…
View More EU Clashes with Greenland over ArcticOcean Warming Melts Methane Hydrates Which Screws Us All
That’s pretty much the message of new study in Geophysical Research Letters. Large deposits of methane hydrates, i.e. methane ice, occur naturally in the seafloor…
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