Antarctic Melting Threat Less Than Expected? May 15, 2009
Its western ice sheet, known as WAIS, is of particular interest to scientists due to its inherent instability, a result of large areas of the continent's bedrock lying below sea level ... "There's a vast body of research that's looked at the likelihood of a WAIS collapse and what implications such a catastrophic event would have for the globe," said Jonathan Bamber, lead author of the study published in Science May 15 ... Bamber and his colleagues found a WAIS collapse would only raise sea... (Science Daily)
Sea Level Rise Overestimated, But Things Still Grim May 15, 2009
That's the kind of pick-your-perspective choice offered by a new paper published in the journal Science about the catastrophic rise in sea levels we could expect if the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) continues to melt away due to global warming. According to a study by a team of researchers from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the much-feared collapse of the WAIS could cause a 9-ft ... For one thing, in previous studies climatologists had defined the area that would be most susceptible... (Time.com)
New Antarctic Seabed Sonar Images Reveal Clues To Sea-level Rise May 6, 2009
This region is a major drain point of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) and considered by some scientists to be the most likely site for the initiation of major ice sheet collapse. The sonar images reveal an 'imprint' of the Antarctic ice sheet as it was at the end of the last ice age around 10 thousand years ago. (Science Daily)
Bombings kill more than 90 in Iraq Apr 28, 2009
A Diyala provincial security official said an attacker set off a suicide vest at a restaurant in Imam Wais, about 70 kilometers, or more than 40 miles, northeast of Baquba, capital of the sprawling Diyala province, which is northeast of Baghdad. Along with the 55 deaths, 67 people were wounded in the , which targeted Iranian pilgrims, the Interior official said. (CNN -- World)
Hodge gets new chance to nurture coaching talent pool Apr 17, 2009
"I think WAIS needs to be congratulated for taking the risk and putting in a full-time program manager to support the young coaches.". send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Warming to speed icesheet collapse Mar 21, 2009
The research, which matches new ice core data with a simulation of past and future changes in the West Antarctica Ice Sheet (WAIS), reveals for the first time regular cycles of "catastrophic collapse" and reformation reaching back five million years ... "The two studies combined show it is really likely that the WAIS will collapse in the next few thousand years. In the absence of human influence, it would probably happen only 100,000 years from now," he said. (India Times)
Andrill demonstrates climate warming affects Antarctic ice sheet stability Mar 19, 2009
A five-nation scientific team has published new evidence that even a slight rise in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, one of the gases that drives global warming, affects the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). The massive WAIS covers the continent on the Pacific side of the Transantarctic Mountains ... "The sedimentary record from the ANDRILL project provides scientists with an important analogue that can be used to help predict how ice shelves and the massive WAIS... (EurekAlert!)
Neuroscientists Map Intelligence In The Brain Mar 12, 2009
12, 2009) Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have conducted the most comprehensive brain mapping to date of the cognitive abilities measured by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), the most widely used intelligence test in the world ... All of the patients had some degree of cognitive impairment from events such as strokes, tumor resection, and traumatic brain injury, as assessed by testing using the WAIS. The WAIS test is composed of four indices of... (Science Daily)
Antarctic Glaciers Melting 20 Times Faster Now Mar 1, 2008
29, 2008) Boulders the size footballs could help scientists predict the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's (WAIS) contribution to sea-level rise according to new research ... Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Durham University and Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) collected boulders deposited by three glaciers in the Amundsen Sea Embayment -- a region currently the focus of intense international scientific attention because it is changing faster than... (Science Daily)
Future of worlds climate sought in frozen record Feb 22, 2008
A team of scientists completed the first drilling session of the National Science Foundation's West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide) Ice Core Project last month ... Kendrick Taylor, chief scientist of the project, said studying the time lags between temperature and carbon dioxide requires an ice core with distinguishable layers, like the WAIS Divide core ... While other ice cores extending as much as 650,000 years back in time have been extracted before, the WAIS Divide ice core is... (The New Hampshire, NH)
New Antarctic Ice Core To Provide Clearest Climate Record Yet Jan 29, 2008
Working as part of the National Science Foundation's West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide) Ice Core Project, a team of scientists, engineers, technicians, and students from multiple U.S. institutions have recovered a 580-meter (1,900-foot) ice core -- the first section of what is hoped to be a 3,465-meter (11,360-foot) column of ice detailing 100,000 years of Earth's climate history, including a precise year-by-year record of the last 40,000 years ... DRI, along with the University of... (Science Daily)
Active volcano under ice Jan 22, 2008
Glaciologists Hugh Corr and David Vaughan of the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge claim the discovery of the first known subglacial volcanic eruption promises to improve predictions of future sea-level rise caused by the melting of the WAIS.. "We believe this was the biggest eruption in Antarctica during the last 10,000 years," Dr Corr said. (The Australian)
School crossing safety at issue in Wyoming Oct 19, 2007
I m getting tired of the speed bumps, they make a lot of noise, said Johnston, whose home on Sixth Street wais next to one of the speed bumps. I can hear cars hitting them all night long.. (Kewanee Star Courier, IL)
Next stop, Wonderland Jun 30, 2007
The two oldest sons, Wais and Walid, were prime targets of the military recruiters, who were increasingly desperate for cannon fodder as the guerrilla war dragged on ... But it's the arbitrary everydayness of the threat, the future-destroying nature of civil war, that seems chilling so many years later when I catch up with Wais Soroor in his hard-won suburban peace ... As a medical student who might prove useful down the line, Wais managed to escape the military press gangs. (Globe and Mail)
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Meeting Jun 21, 2007
Federal Register: June 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 114)] [Notices] [Page 32920] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais. access. (NASA Watch)
A world away no more: Son separated from mother in Afghanistan is reunited May 13, 2007
Wais Hakimi and his mother, Zarghana Aram, embrace at his home after being reunited after 35 years ... Wais Hakimi circled a terminal at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday night to pick up his mother but he didn't know what she looked like. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Strong quake hits Afghan mountains Apr 3, 2007
"It lasted for more than a minute," said Mohammed Wais, an official at the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development in Faizabad. He added: "We don't see at the moment any damage in the area.". (The Star Online, Malaysia)
