As one part of my KNAP (Knowledge Acquisition Program)(basically, learn the stuff I need to know to be a competent researcher, consultant and writer), I’ve been undertaking a number of online courses. Another one ticked off the list this week was the ESA (European Space Agency) course “The Frozen Frontier: Monitoring the Greenland Ice Sheet from Space”. This was really […]
Author: John
The iceberg which sank the Titanic
I mentioned earlier this year the question about how long glaciers last before they melt away. As a sudden thought, I did a search on one of the most (in)famous glaciers in history, the one which sank the Titanic. There are various articles which take quotes and text from each other, but this one from Gizmodo (2012) contains this interesting […]
“Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest levels ever recorded”
(embarrasing moment: this article made me suddenly realise I wasn’t quite sure of the difference between Antarctic and Antarctica) There’s an article in today’s Guardian about the recent and current retreat of the sea ice at the bottom of the world. It’s a very Guardianesque article about climate change: ominous, anxiety-inducing in some of the readership, but also with enough […]