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- Arctic Ocean Freshwater Increase.
Arctic Ocean Freshwater Increase.
Katharine Giles and colleagues have discovered that the freshwater stored in the
western Arctic Ocean has increased by 8000 km3 between the 1990s and
2010 by looking at changes in the sea surface height measured by the
European Space Agency Satellites ERS-2 and Envisat.
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MolTenEarth Project
24 November 2011
The goal of the MolTenEarth is to predict the material behavior of fluid silicates that drove the evolution of the magma ocean, the formation of the first atmosphere, and reaction with the core.
First principles molecular dynamics simulations based on density functional theory will be combined with advanced thermodynamic modeling methods to produce a global model of magma ocean materials physics and chemistry.
The MoltenEarth project is lead by Prof Lars Stixrude. He and his colleagues will be joined in this study by two new research associates and two PhD students. This project is funded by the European Research Council (ERC).
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