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Earth
Record-low Antarctic sea ice can be explained by wind patterns and predicted months in advance
Sea ice off the coast of West Antarctica photographed from a research vessel in October 2018. A new study explains and predicts the recent decline in winter sea ice around Antarctica. Credit: Hannah Dawson/University of Washington Amid all the changes in Earth’s climate, the stormy Southern Ocean sea ice surrounding Antarctica has long been a strange exception. Despite rising global…
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Space & Cosmos
Einstein predicted how gravity would work on the largest scales. And he was right, new research suggests
The bright band of the Milky Way galaxy is in the background of the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/RT Sparks When Albert Einstein introduced the theory of general relativity in 1915, it changed the way we view the universe. His model of gravity showed that Newtonian gravity, which has dominated astronomy and physics…
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