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GlacierHub Eqip Glacier, a marine terminating glacier in Greenland. (Source: kaet44/Creative Commons) Two new studies suggest that recent estimates of global ice melt are conservative. In other words, ice is melting much more rapidly than experts thought. As a result, sea levels are rising faster as well. The first study combines various observations from satellites, on-the-ground measurements, and model-based estimates to create a clearer picture of the state of Earth’s ice between 1994 and 2017. Essentially, it captures a global tally of change in ice mass over that time period. The resul...

Storm und drang: Where to experience the most tempestuous weather in the UK From Turner’s seascapes to “supercells” in the burbs of Berkshire, nothing thrills us like a proper storm 11 February 2021 • 10:43am Our word “storm” is derived from the old High German “Sturm”, which means stirring or whirling Credit: Getty Turner’s ‘Land’s End, Cornwall’ is painted in the tumultuous, quasi-apocalyptic style for which he is rightly admired. Our first impression is of meteorological disorder, even disaster, yet there is a dark symmetry between the wedge-shaped shelf of cloud t...

“Nuts” If you are a serious student of American military history you will immediately recognize the title of this week’s missive. As well, you have probably ascertained the thesis of this Monday message. If you do not recognize this simple word, let me give you a short reminder. As we enter into this Christmas week, I think it is appropriate to remember Christmas 1944. The US Army had landed on the beaches of Normandy to liberate the continent of Europe from the stranglehold of Nazi Germany. However, the German Army had devised one last strategy. It was a daring harsh winter assault thr...

Chillai Kalan’s First Frame Bilal Bahadur picked the spot of Drang in north Kashmir to tell the visual story of day one of Chillai Kalan, reports Tahir Bhat Chillai Kalan. Followed by 20-day period of Chillai Khurd and 10-day period of Chille Bache, winter in Kashmir is traditionally on the basis of severity is divided into three stages. Chillai Kalan begins with the winter solstice on December 21, when the day and night are of equal duration and ends on January 31. During this period, as the valley is cloaked in white, the frozen frames are usually seen everywhere. From taps in h...

And just as you were saying, jack danforth was not only testifying before congress, he was doing it even before his final report was issued. >> in terms of those -- i mean, obviously you never get a special counsel or a special prosecutor except in the case of big scandal and controversy. >> right. >> when those special counsels and special prosecutors testified in the past, was there a lot of sturm and drang? was there a lot of anxiety and fighting over the terms of their testifying before congress? >> no, there wasn't. for instance, leon jaworski went to see congress in november of 1973, jus...