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"Discovery Files" Features from the National Science Foundation
"Summer Retreat"
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NOW YOU "SEA" ICE; NOW YOU DON'T... THE "DISCOVERY FILES": NEW ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. SUMMER, THE YEAR 2040: THE ARCTIC OCEAN, COMPLETELY DEVOID OF ICE. ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE, IT IS ONE OF THE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS MODELED BY COMPUTER AT "N-CAR"--THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH. THE FINDINGS INDICATE THAT--IF GREENHOUSE GASES CONTINUE AT THEIR CURRENT RATE--THERE COULD BE AN ABRUPT ARCTIC-ICE RETREAT THAT WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON OUR WORLD. ACCORDING TO "N-CAR", THESE CHANGES COULD VERY WELL AFFECT RAINFALL IN THE UNITED STATES, AS WELL AS WATER RESOURCES; THEY'D AFFECT THE WHOLE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES--AND COULD LEAD TO LARGER GLOBAL WARMING, WHICH HAS NUMEROUS IMPLICATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD. ADDITIONAL COMPUTER MODELS DEMONSTRATED THAT A REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES COULD MEAN A SLOWER RETREAT. AN ARCTIC DISAPPEARING ACT, RIGHT BEFORE OUR VERY "ICE". THE "DISCOVERY FILES" COVERS PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION: FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOU! LEARN MORE AT "N-S-F"-DOT-GOV--OR ON THEIR PODCAST.
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