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Tag Archives: planetary science
Bottoms up! Melting the dark side of Antarctic ice shelves
Antarctic ice shelves are nature’s buttresses against sea level rise that would devastate our coastal civilisations. New research provides a clearer picture of how climate change will speed up melting of ice shelves from underneath. Antarctica’s land area is almost … Continue reading
Posted in environment and conservation, SCOM8014
Tagged Antarctica, Climate Change, glacier, ice shelf, ocean, planetary science, research, sea level rise
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CPASian Chris Ingles revolutionises Middle-earth geology
For fifty years fans of Lord of the Rings have struggled to make sense of the geology of the world depicted in Tolkien’s work – Middle-earth – in terms of contemporary earth science. But according to CPAS graduate Chris Ingles – a former earth … Continue reading
Posted in science and fiction, SCOM3003
Tagged earth science, geology, Lord of the Rings, Middle-earth, orogeny, planetary science, plate tectonics, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion
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