Mariusz Potocki (center with orange goggles) and the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition team collect the highest ever recorded ice core sample at the South Col Glacier. Credit: Dirk Collins, National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition.
There isn’t much room for error 8,000 meters above sea level, and everyone on the expedition knew it. Mount Everest is notoriously challenging to climb, but conducting research on the iconic mountain is an even taller task. It was clear and sunny, but the thin air was bitterly cold. The team relied on supplemental oxygen to breathe. Bundled in brightly colored snowsuits with their faces obscured by ski goggles, the scientists were virtually unrecognizable. They wrote their names on their chests with Sharpies.
So, the govt has spent 30 mil on a piece of dirt by ak airport. Heard a parasitic real estate agent say on the radio that the dirt is valued at 40 mil. That sounds ok. So not a bad deal?? Furthermore looks a hell of a lot better than a 23 mil flag referendum, that has no ROI.
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Dust from Receding Glaciers May Have Major Atmospheric Impacts
New research is helping scientists understand how Arctic dust created by receding glaciers affects local air quality and global climate.
The dry riverbed of the Ä’äy Chù, or Slims River, becomes airborne dust when blown by Arctic winds, affecting local air quality and, potentially, global climate. Credit: Lance Goodwin
By Emily Harwitz 16 December 2020
In spring 2016 in the remote northern reaches of Yukon, Canada, a glacier melted so quickly that its meltwater cut a new path through the ice and changed the course of the Ä’äy Chù, or Slims River. When the old riverbed dried out, the basin’s fine-grained dirt (created by glaciers grinding against bedrock) became airborne dust, with major impacts on local air quality and, according to a new study, perhaps effects on global climate.
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Disturbing read of the day. It s survivor pain x millions (views).
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