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May 12, 2024 · Contested EEZs are central to the conflict in both the Arctic and South China Sea. However, the types of EEZ disputes are different between the two regions. Much of the Arctic’s natural gas reserves lie beyond the EEZ of any singular country. As a result, nations who desire the resources of the Arctic must try to expand these zones.
May 14, 2024 · Arctic sea ice is thinning because less ice survives summer melt seasons. Whereas ice that has survived multiple melt seasons is thick, rough, and resistant to melt, younger ice is vulnerable to storm-induced breakups. The same storm, encountering thicker ice, would likely have had less impact.
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Apr 29, 2024 · Brine loss occurs by temperature-dependent brine pocket migration, brine expulsion, and, most importantly, by gravity drainage via a network of cells and channels. At the end of winter, Arctic first-year ice has an average salinity of 4–6 parts per thousand.
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1 day ago · The end of the Eocene and beginning of the Oligocene is marked with the massive expansion of area of the Antarctic ice sheet that was a major step into the icehouse climate. Multiple proxies, such as oxygen isotopes and alkenones , indicate that at the Eocene–Oligocene transition, the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration had decreased to ...
May 4, 2024 · What is the meaning of the title of Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of The New Day)? The title of the song is a metaphor for taking risks in a constantly changing world. The “thin ice” represents the unknown and uncertain, while the “new day” represents hope and possibility.
1 day ago · The Huronian glaciation, is not shown, there is a lack of any significant evidence for a Snowball Earth during the time period. The Snowball Earth is a geohistorical hypothesis that proposes during one or more of Earth's icehouse climates, the planet's surface became entirely or nearly entirely frozen with no liquid oceanic or surface water ...
2 days ago · Frozen water is coated in a layer of molecules that behave like a liquid. A new experiment visualizes the surface of ice and hints at the origins of its quasi-liquid layer. Ice’s melty coating ...
