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Meet GROVER the Rover, Set For Greenland Exploration

May 7, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter How fast is Greenland’s ice sheet melting in response to climate change, and how is it recovering? A new NASA rover with the friendly name of GROVER (Greeland Rover and Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research) is going to [...]

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Ancient Antarctic Ice Sampled In Lake Vostok Drill

February 8, 2012

Sealed off for millions of years beneath an almost impenetrable layer of ice, Lake Vostok has kept a vast archive of ancient history waiting for just the right moment to reveal itself. Here is a unique closed ecosystem captured in time below four kilometers of ice. Saved from environmental contamination, its water has been isolated [...]

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New Study Reveals Little Ice Age Triggered By Volcanism

February 1, 2012

In a study led by the University of Colorado Boulder with co-authors at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and other organizations, researchers may have possibly found evidence the “Little Ice Age” may have had ties to an unusual era of volcanic activity… one that lasted for about 50 years. In just five decades, [...]

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Glacier Pictures

May 10, 2010

Here are some glacier pictures. You can make any of these images into your computer desktop wallpaper. Just click on an image to enlarge it, and then choose “Set as Desktop Background”. This image shows the collision of B-09B iceberg with the Mertz Glacier taken on February 20, 2010 by NASA’s Aqua satellite. B-09B had [...]

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Pictures of Glaciers

March 22, 2010

Here are some cool pictures of glaciers, literally. You can turn any of these images into your computer desktop wallpaper. Just click on an image to enlarge it, and then right-click and choose “Set as Desktop Background”. This is an image of the Chapman Glacier located in Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada. This was taken [...]

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