Tag: Ice
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Nation & World
The conundrum for international students
In a Q&A session, Vice Provost for International Affairs Mark Elliott discusses the recent struggle with Immigration and Customs Enforcement over allowing students from other countries into the U.S. He also outlines the programs that Harvard has put in place to support international students.
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Nation & World
From ancient flooding, modern insights
Tamara Pico, a postdoctoral fellow, is using records of flooding in the Bering Strait to make inferences about how the ice sheets that covered North America responded to the warming climate, and how their melting might have contributed to climate changes.
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Nation & World
A stand-up stands up for migrants and immigration
Cristela Alonzo weaves the experiences of her difficult-yet-joyful upbringing into stand-up humor.
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Nation & World
An icy welcome
Charles River, frozen into the spring, hampers Harvard’s crew season. Lightweight crew competitions were canceled for Saturday due to the icy conditions on the Charles. The men’s heavyweight crew will compete on April 4.
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Nation & World
Popsicle Earth
A recently published paper says that during the last glacial maximum, more ice than previously thought covered the globe.
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Nation & World
Now, ice won’t stick
A Harvard team of researchers has invented a way to keep any metal surface free of ice and frost. The treated surfaces quickly shed even tiny, incipient condensation droplets or frost, simply through gravity.
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Nation & World
Ice sheet in peril? Gravity to the rescue
Gravity’s surprising effects when the Earth’s ice sheets melt can help to stabilize ones, such as those found in West Antarctica, that are grounded below sea level.
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Nation & World
Icebreaker
Every month, Sarah Stewart-Mukhopadhyay fires her 20-foot gun in the basement of Harvard’s Hoffman Lab, sending shivers through the concrete and steel structure that can be picked up by seismometers upstairs.