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3D radar scan provides clues about threats to iconic Alaskan glacier

Phys Dot Org 16 Mar 2023

Holt's research group specializes in using geophysical research methods, primarily radar, to study features on Earth and Mars ... Tober et al, Comprehensive Radar Mapping of Malaspina Glacier (Sít' Tlein), Alaska—The World's Largest Piedmont Glacier—Reveals Potential for Instability, Journal of Geophysical Research ... Journal of Geophysical Research.

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The world's atmospheric rivers now have an intensity ranking like hurricanes

Phys Dot Org 09 Mar 2023

The study is published in the Journal of Geophysical Research ... The study was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research ... Bin Guan et al, Global Application of the Atmospheric River Scale, Journal of Geophysical Research ... Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres. Provided by American Geophysical Union.

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Ocean surface tipping point could accelerate climate change

Phys Dot Org 02 Mar 2023

Co-author, Pedro DiNezio, an affiliate researcher at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics and associate professor at University of Colorado, said that the discovery was a powerful reminder that the world needs to reduce its CO2 emissions to avoid crossing this and other tipping points ... Geophysical Research Letters.

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UPSC Key- March 2, 2023: Know about Forest and tree cover, Foreign Contribution and India\u2019s policy on Earthquake Preparedness

Indian Express 02 Mar 2023

According to Global Forest Watch, a World Resources Institute platform, India lost 1,270 sq km of natural forest between 2010 and 2021 ... Preliminary Examination.\u00a0Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World ... Important Geophysical ...

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Climate minimisation still has a foothold in media

RNZ 25 Feb 2023

Leighton Smith would be out of pocket if he could accept the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the World Meteorological Organisation, the World Health Organisation, or the United Nations, the American Geophysical Union, the European Federation of ...

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What creates a huge earthquake? Scientists investigate phenomenon behind big tremors

East Bay Times 21 Feb 2023

By Alexandra Mae Jones . CTVNews.ca writer ... “The same physics and logic should apply to all different kinds of faults around the world,” Demian Saffer, director of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics at the Jackson School of Geosciences and the study’s co-lead author, said in a press release ... Related Articles. Science . ... Science . ... Photos ... .

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Geologist warns that cosmic phenomena could lead to another devastating earthquake

Egypt Independent 20 Feb 2023

A professor of earthquakes at the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) Salah al-Hadidy said that no country in the world is immune from earthquakes, as every day earthquakes are recorded in various parts of the world, including Egypt, but are of weak strength ... Waves of earthquakes ... ....

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The national balance sheet: Optimizing the portfolio of assets and the equity of claims and entitlements

The Manila Times 16 Feb 2023

A BALANCE sheet, at its most basic, is a statement of assets and the claims against these assets. There are different levels of looking at a balance sheet ... Given that our country is one of the most vulnerable in the world to climate and geophysical risks, measures to manage and mitigate these risks are all-important ... ....

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UPSC Key- February 14, 2023: Know about Capitalist Economy, Custodial Deaths, Office of profit and Bhasini

Indian Express 14 Feb 2023

By 1910, the US had become the richest country in the world, leaving behind Britain, an industrial leader for over a century ... trust bestowed by the world on India ... Preliminary Examination.\u00a0Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.

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UPSC Essentials | Weekly news express with MCQs: Turkey earthquake, Lithium \u2018inferred\u2019, and more

Indian Express 11 Feb 2023

Preliminary Examination.\u00a0Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World ... \u2014 According to the USGS, as more seismograph stations were installed around the world, it became apparent that the method developed by Richter was strictly valid only for certain frequency and distance ranges.

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UPSC Key- February 9, 2023: Know about RBI hikes repo rate, Disable, Disability and Domestic workers in India

Indian Express 09 Feb 2023

Preliminary Examination.\u00a0Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World ... Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical ...

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UPSC Key- February 7, 2023: Know about Turkey and Syria Earthquake, Ex situ conservation and Child Marriage

Indian Express 07 Feb 2023

Preliminary Examination.\u00a0Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World ... It is a seismically active zone \u2014 though not as active as, say, the Himalayan region which is one of the most dangerous regions in the world from the perspective of earthquakes.

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6 more weeks of winter? Some expert predictions contradict Punxsutawney Phil's forecast

ABC7 02 Feb 2023

... a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which manages "one of the largest archives of atmospheric, coastal, geophysical, and oceanic research in the world.".

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As ice recedes, Italian ship Laura Bassi makes record journey into Antarctic

Gulf News 02 Feb 2023

The Laura Bassi vessel reached a point with the coordinates of 78ADEG 44.280 S in the Bay of Whales in the Ross Sea, according to Italy's National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics ... World's biggest ice sheet could cause massive sea rise without action.

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How the Fossil Fuel Industry Buys Goodwill

Resilience 02 Feb 2023

From the world’s biggest soccer championship to soccer training for kids, from major universities to music festivals and art galleries — if you can name it, fossil fuel companies have probably sponsored it. TotalEnergies will sponsor the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France ... Examples of sponsorships in the sports world are nearly endless.