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Disappearing glaciers ‘now second largest contributor to sea level rise’
Glacier loss in central Europe was nearly 40% during this century, suggests a study by Belgium’s Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
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Disappearing glaciers ‘now second largest contributor to sea level rise’
Glacier loss in central Europe was nearly 40% during this century, suggests a study by Belgium’s Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
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Innovations in geodetics for environmental research
From coastal landslide modelling to mapping geological hazards, monitoring active lava domes and biodiversity management, Lee Jones explains how drone-based and terrestrial LiDAR scanning has transfo…
Comment And Analysis
Stand by for the big freeze
Crisp white snow, glaciers all around, icicles melting in the summer sun – it’s July in Britain 50 years from now, writes Professor Brian J Ford.
Interviews
In agro: field labs and farmer-led research
The Innovative Farmers not for profit network brings together farmers and growers with researchers to enable field trials (pun intended). A decade’s worth of on-farm trial results demonstrate farmer-…
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Water droplet
This amazing image – Crack Patterns I, by Thomas Séon – shows a water droplet falling onto a silicon substrate at -36°C...
