Photographer Reuben Wu devised a creative way to shoot Peru’s Pastoruri glacier at night. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c0addc2da545e26dd421aea/master/pass/RW_Pastoruri_2000px-2.jpg
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A woman films her grandfather’s reaction every time she visits him and it’s melting the internet’s heart
Jennifer Barclay/ Twitter Jennifer Barclay of Scotland visits her grandfather, Robert, every week and films him greeting her at the door. She created a compilation video of his adorable reaction to her arrivals and posted it to Twitter. The video has now been viewed over eight million times. A woman in Scotland is capturing the […]
Greenland’s melting snow makes new a hockey stick (graph)
Enlarge / Staring down the barrel of an ice core drill. (credit: Sarah Das / WHOI) The Greenland Ice Sheet’s unhealthy and rapid weight loss—and contribution to sea level rise—occurs by a handful of mechanisms. In short, ice at the edge of the glacier can melt or break off into icebergs, and surface snow farther […]
What do melting glaciers have to do with Norway’s Viking relics?
Shoshi Parks October 18, 2018 Share this article There’s no denying the catastrophic impact climate change is having—and will have—on the planet. But in Norway, melting glaciers are revealing immaculately preserved relics from the Viking Age. At the Leirvassbu Mountain Lodge, a way-station for Norwegian trekkers since the late 19th century, the young man behind […]
This European Melting Pot Is Surprisingly Peaceful
Ask any casual observer about recent history in the Balkans, and they might recall headlines detailing the devastation and armed conflict that plagued the region not long ago. While bloodshed there ended in the late 1990s, countries such as Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo are still often synonymous with the nationalist-fueled violence that erupted […]
Volcanic heat source discovered under melting Antarctic glacier
There is a significant source of volcanic heat deep under the fast-melting Pine Island Ice Shelf in Western Antarctica, researchers found, after stumbling on the evidence while studying heat transfer in the icy continent’s oceans. The Pine Island glacier is one of the biggest ice flows in Antarctica and is also among the most affected […]
Prehistoric time machine: 2,000 ancient artifacts uncovered under Norway’s melting glaciers
Climate change has allowed archaeologists to find more than 2,000 ancient artifacts under perennial ice in Norway’s Oppland Mountains. However, the melting process actually poses a threat to the delicate discoveries. Home to peaks such as the 2,439 meter Galdhoppigen, the region in central Norway also holds secrets of ancient civilisations dating back to the […]
Weight loss: What are fat melting injections and do they work? Double chin removal
Fat melting injections go hand in hand with weight loss, to remove fat from specific areas of the face and body. The fat dissolving injections are “useful for adults who have small areas of fat that are stubborn to shift,” said Dr Ross Perry, Aesthetic Consultant and founder of Cosmedics Clinics. They are particularly effective […]
This photo showing a ‘Stranger Things’ father-daughter moment at the Golden Globes has fans melting
Netflix Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Stranger Things” season two. “Stranger Things” stars David Harbour and Millie Bobby Brown shared a sweet moment during the 2018 Golden Globes on Sunday, and fan were left gushing about the dynamic pair. Harbour and Brown play Jim Hopper and Eleven on Netflix’s hit series. The unlikely pair were the […]
Charring, melting laptop batteries cause HP to issue voluntary recall
HP’s Envy 13 Ultrabook. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Those who have purchased a new HP laptop in the past two years should take note of the company’s latest voluntary recall. HP announced that it’s recalling batteries for select laptop models, including some in the ProBook, Envy, and ZBook families. The company received eight reports of these […]
