Geophysical Research Letters Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:48:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Melt Ponds Accelerate Ice Melting More Than Previously Thought https://www.greenoptimistic.com/melt-ponds-accelerate-ice-melting-more-than-previously-thought-20130119/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/melt-ponds-accelerate-ice-melting-more-than-previously-thought-20130119/#respond Sat, 19 Jan 2013 06:21:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31719 This month, ice physicists at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have published their findings on light transmission through the Arctic sea ice in the scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters. Researchers found that more sunlight, and therefore energy, penetrates the areas where melt water collects on the ice that. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/melt-ponds-accelerate-ice-melting-more-than-previously-thought-20130119/feed/ 0 31719 Global Dimming reducing means a hotter and dryer world? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/global-dimming-reducing-means-a-hotter-and-dryer-world-20080130/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/global-dimming-reducing-means-a-hotter-and-dryer-world-20080130/#respond Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:55:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/01/30/global-dimming-reducing-means-a-hotter-and-dryer-world/ Despite concerns over global warming, scientists have discovered something that may have actually limited the impact of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in recent years by reducing the amount of sunlight reaching the surface of the Earth. So-called “global dimming,” will be the focus of a NOVA special scheduled to air on April 18 and […]

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