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Seal scientists

By Stephen Ornes / September 17, 2012

As elephant seals dove, swam and fed around an Antarctic ice shelf, sensors on their heads took measurements of the surrounding water. Credit: Lars Boehme

Elephant seals help climate scientists understand deepwater heating around Antarctica

Posted in Weather & Climate | Tagged Antarctica, climate change, elephant seals, Fimbul Ice Shelf, getinvolved, global warming, ice shelf, meltwater, Norwegian Polar Institute, Ocean, oceanography, salinity, sea level, Tore Hattermann

Slowing ice flows

By Stephen Ornes / May 29, 2012

These icebergs in Greenland probably broke off the floating end of a glacier. Scientists study such ice formations to learn about climate change. Credit: Ian Joughin/University of Washington

New satellite study of glacier motion shows stop-and-go ice movement

Posted in Earth | Tagged climate change, getinvolved, glaciers, glaciology, Greenland, ice sheet, sea level, Twila Moon, University of Washington