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Tiny satellites are changing the way we explore our planet and beyond

Tiny satellites are changing the way we explore our planet and beyond NASA Shane Keating, UNSW Sydney and Clare Kenyon, The University of Melbourne Want to go to space? It could cost you. This month, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will make the first fully-private, crewed flight to the International Space Station. The going price for

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Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: insights from the 2022 IPCC WGII report

Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: insights from the 2022 IPCC WGII report The Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) and the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) have released a report on IPCC WGII key findings for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Over time, greenhouse gas emissions have caused observable changes in Antarctica and the Southern

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A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia

A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia By Matthew England, UNSW Sydney; Andréa S. Taschetto, UNSW Sydney, and Bryam Orihuela-Pinto, UNSW Sydney Climate change is slowing down the conveyor belt of ocean currents that brings warm water from the tropics up to the North

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What lies beneath Antarctica could destabilise icesheet

What lies beneath Antarctica could destabilise icesheet A new study suggests rising global temperatures could trigger vulnerabilities in the bedrock beneath the Earth’s largest ice sheet in Antarctica and cause rapid sea level rise. The sedimentary basins that lie beneath Antarctica are fundamental to ice sheet flow, but until now were poorly understood. Co-author of

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