One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than it was 10 years ago, according to research seen by the BBC.A study of satellite measurements of Pine Island glacier in west Antarctica reveals the surface of the ice is now dropping at a rate of up to 16m a year. Since 1994, the glacier has lowered by as much as 90m, which has serious implications for sea-level rise. The work by British scientists appears in Geophysical Research Letters. The team was led by Professor Duncan Wingham of University College London (UCL).
One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than it was 10 years ago, according to research seen by the BBC.
A study of satellite measurements of Pine Island glacier in west Antarctica reveals the surface of the ice is now dropping at a rate of up to 16m a year.
Since 1994, the glacier has lowered by as much as 90m, which has serious implications for sea-level rise.
The work by British scientists appears in Geophysical Research Letters.
The team was led by Professor Duncan Wingham of University College London (UCL).
Travelling around Europe, you're never safe from a bad gastronomic surprise, be it vegetable yeast spread, bull's tail, pig's head paté, mushroom spread and much more ... brace your guts. Plus, a recipe for stewed oxtail25% of Brits pack a pot in their suitcase to go on holiday." This could easily be the gastronomic scoop of the year... but rather than a saucepan, it's their jar of Marmite, the main ingredient of which is vegetable yeast (made of microscopic moulds and very rich in vitamin B1), that a quarter of the population cannot live without for two weeks in a row. The sales and marketing team at Marmite (born in 1902!) needed nothing more to produce an amusing publicity campaign. Because Marmite, and its bitter taste, divides the English palette. It's black or white, as the slogan says: Love it or hate it.
25% of Brits pack a pot in their suitcase to go on holiday." This could easily be the gastronomic scoop of the year... but rather than a saucepan, it's their jar of Marmite, the main ingredient of which is vegetable yeast (made of microscopic moulds and very rich in vitamin B1), that a quarter of the population cannot live without for two weeks in a row. The sales and marketing team at Marmite (born in 1902!) needed nothing more to produce an amusing publicity campaign. Because Marmite, and its bitter taste, divides the English palette. It's black or white, as the slogan says: Love it or hate it.
even the empty washed jar holds delicious wisps of olfactory memory nestled within! ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
The Trabant, the smoke-belching national car of Communist East Germany, is to be reborn as an electric car fit for the environmentally conscious 21st century motorist. The new model will make its debut at the Frankfurt motor show next month, almost 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and mass productioon stopped. Its manufaturers hope its green credentials will put an end to the Trabant being the butt of jokes and and an enduring symbol of the imploding nation.
The new model will make its debut at the Frankfurt motor show next month, almost 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and mass productioon stopped.
Its manufaturers hope its green credentials will put an end to the Trabant being the butt of jokes and and an enduring symbol of the imploding nation.
