Scientists Just Confirmed The Existence of a New Crystalline Structure of Ice

Not all water ice is the same. Locked inside, the arrangement of molecules varies significantly, based on the pressure and temperature conditions under which it forms. We knew of 18 of these distinct phases of ice, some occurring naturally, some only seen in laboratory conditions. Three years ago, a team of researchers tweaked one of […]

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Ice Lakes damaged by hikers who trashed trail, left human feces

One of Colorado’s most beautiful settings saw campfires on alpine tundra, human waste left behind ewwww… While reports of crowding and resource damage in Colorado’s public lands have been commonplace during the coronavirus pandemic, what unfolded over the summer in the spectacular Ice Lakes area of the San Juan Range near Silverton has to be […]

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Three Signs a ‘New Arctic’ Is Emerging – Scientific American

A “new normal” is settling over the Arctic, experts warned yesterday. Temperatures are rising, ice is melting, snow is disappearing and the region’s delicate ecosystems are rapidly evolving. It’s already not the same place it was a few decades ago, and it won’t be the same place a few more decades into the future. That’s […]

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