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BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. CHEMICAL WEATHERING Chinese and foreign researchers h

The data from the Danish Arctic monitoring service Polar Portal — which forms part of the UN weather agency WMO’s annual State of the Climate report — shows that early summer was cold and wet, with unusually heavy and late snowfall in June, which delayed the onset of the melting season.

A new report also noted that a rain event was recorded for the first time near the apex of the ice sheet.

Southernmost continent — antarctica. antarctica's ice sheet covers 1a million square kilometres — much of it several kilometres thick. it's twice the size of australia. over 60% of the planet's fresh water is held in the antarctic. if it melted entirely, sea levels would rise nearly 60 metres. it also plays a crucial role in maintaining earth's temperatures — by reflecting incoming solar radiation. but climate changes are happening fastest at the poles — temperatures in antarctica rising at three times the global average. research in antarctica presents unique challenges. challenges th...

Right? why do you think it's taking so long? i'm seeing the roads look very, very icy from your photos and videos. >> oh, extremely icy. i'm from the northeast. i'm from long island, new york, and i'm extremely disappointed in the response from virginia. i wasn't here when it was snowing obviously. i was still driving up from the south. to my eyes, it was maybe cursory plowed once maybe. the lanes are indistinguishable and it is basically an ice sheet now. i've noticed on the south side they have a trickle of cars coming through. first they had a caterpillar-style backhoe plow going by itself ...