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Training Doesn't Reduce Avalanche Risk When Skiing, Study Shows
December 1, 2008 — A new study of backcountry ski habits finds training has little impact on risk of being caught in an avalanche, and Americans have higher avalanche risk than ... > full story -
Routine HIV Screening For All Patients, American College of Physicians Recommends
December 1, 2008 — On World AIDS Day, the American College of Physicians is giving doctors a call-to-action to routinely encourage HIV screening to all of their patients older than 13 ... > full story -
Potential Sources Of 'Rain-Making' Bacteria In The Atmosphere Identified
November 19, 2008 — Scientists recently found evidence that bacteria and biological cells are the most efficient ice-forming catalysts in precipitation from locations around the globe. The formation of ice in clouds is ... > full story -
Snow In The Arctic: An Ingredient In A Surprising Chemical Cocktail
November 7, 2008 — In the Arctic in spring, the snow cover gives off nitrogen oxides. This phenomenon, the extent of which had not been previously realized, is the source of one third of the nitrates present in the ... > full story -
What Is Really Happening To The Greenland Icecap?
November 3, 2008 — The Greenland ice cap has been a focal point of recent climate change research because it is much more exposed to immediate global warming than the larger Antarctic ice sheet. Yet while the southern ... > full story -
New Model Predicts A Glacier's Life
October 29, 2008 — Researchers have developed a numerical model that can re-create the state of Switzerland's Rhône Glacier as it was in 1874 and predict its evolution until the year 2100. This is the longest ... > full story -
Mars Polar Cap Mystery Solved: Why Southern Ice Cap Is 'Misplaced'
September 23, 2008 — Scientists are now able to better explain why Mars's residual southern ice cap is misplaced, thanks to data from ESA's Mars Express spacecraft -- the martian weather system is to blame. And so is the ... > full story -
Study Merges Decade Of Arctic Data As Ice Collapses Into The Sea
September 22, 2008 — The Markham Ice Shelf, a massive 19-square-mile platform of ice, broke away from Ellesmere Island in early August and is adrift in the Arctic Ocean. More than half of the nearby Serson Ice Shelf -- ... > full story -
Glaciers In The Pyrenees Will Disappear In Less Than 50 Years, Study Finds
September 5, 2008 — Much has been said about the situation of the glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica, but little is known about those in the high mountain areas of the Iberian Peninsular. A Spanish research study has ... > full story -
Antarctic Research Helps Shed Light On Climate Change On Mars
August 28, 2008 — Eroded gullies on the flanks of Martian craters may have been formed by snowmelt as recently as a few hundred thousand years ago and in sites once occupied by glaciers. Similar conditions can be ... > full story
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