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Tag: Jerry Mitrovica
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Nation & World
Did rising seas drive Vikings out of Greenland?
A new geophysical analysis helps fill gaps in an archeological puzzle: why Norse vanished in the 15th century.
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Nation & World
Recognition for some risky research
The Star-Friedman Challenge is helping Harvard scientists during a time of great global uncertainty by boosting high-risk, high-impact research.
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Nation & World
And now, land may be sinking
A new study, which used everything from tide gauges to GPS data to paint the most accurate picture ever of sea-level rise along the East Coast of the U.S., is suggesting that in addition to rising seas, communities along the coast may also have to contend with the land sinking.
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Nation & World
Ups and downs of sea level
Professor Jerry Mitrovica shed light on the dynamics of sea level rise in a talk at the Geological Lecture Hall.
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Nation & World
Sea level correction
A new study shows that sea levels have increased over the last two decades at a greater rate than previously understood.
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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
Intelligent Earth
Once its axis tilts, how does the Earth “know” to return to its normal orientation? Work by Harvard researchers provides some answers.
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Nation & World
Straight to the source
As described in an April 23 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), graduate students Eric Morrow and Carling Hay demonstrate the use of a statistical tool called a Kalman smoother to identify “sea level fingerprints” — telltale variations in sea level rise — in a synthetic data set. Using those…
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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.
