Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) scientists are heading into the field this week to better understand how seawater is melting Greenland’s ice from below. (Yes, those black specks are people next to an iceberg.) While NASA is studying ocean properties (things like temperature, salinity and currents), other researchers are eager to incorporate our data into their work. In fact, University of Washington scientists are using OMG data to study narwhals – smallish whales with long tusks – otherwise known as the “unicorns of the sea.”
Our researchers are also in the field right now studying how Alaska’s ice is changing. Operation IceBridge, our longest airborne campaign, is using science instruments on airplanes to study and measure the ice below.
What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic (or the Antarctic, really). In a warming world, the greatest changes are seen in the coldest places. Earth’s cryosphere – its ice sheets, sea ice, glaciers, permafrost and snow cover – acts as our planet’s thermostat and deep freeze, regulating temperatures and storing most of our freshwater. Next month, we’re launching ICESat-2, our latest satellite to study Earth’s ice!
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Jalsa, Mumbai Apr 15/16, 2016 Fri/Sat 12:34 am
Life is that excitement when a drawer, withdrawn and neglected for years, gets your attention and it opens almost impulsively .. impulsively because you had not meant to open it but you did .. curiosity, time lapse, non visited location in the home .. several thoughts and reasons dribble their way through the mind ! But what really remains is the flash of time that goes by, the reasons for the letter or the paper, the comments on it, mostly the comments .. those inspirational words, those inspiring words, of behaviour and deeds and circumstances that run past your limited vision now since, time to be devoted to them has no time at all ..
Its like :
“ Nothing in the world can take the place of PERSISTENCE ; TALENT will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent ; GENIUS will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb ; EDUCATION alone will not ; the world is full of educated derelicts
PERSISTENCE AND DETERMINATION alone are omnipotent !!”
an important quote from a learned source … and this, from a prominent stage actor in the West :
“I’m not so embarrassed when I’m talking as when I read what I have said. I hope what I do as an actor is interesting but I do find it difficult to talk about it.”
Hmmm … sounds familiar .. hehah .. and this :
“Our business is a very monastic life and you have to find happiness within its framework.”
and this :
“ It takes courage to analyze your body as it goes downhill.”
and finally this :
“Jean Françios Revel , said ‘la CONNAISSANCE INUTILE’
What we need to be aware of is the fear today of ‘perversion of words’ and ‘approximative information’ …”
All noted and read and written by me in my hand in ink and diary in the period of mid 80′s ..
My love as ever ..
Amitabh Bachchan
To see more of Lina’s creations, follow @agirlwithajournal on Instagram. To celebrate the upcoming #WWIM16💌’s theme of Kind Comments, we’ll be featuring voices spreading messages of kindness within the Instagram community.
Lina Doerwald (@agirlwithajournal) remembers her first journal: it was a birthday gift from her grandmother, and she would go months without writing in it. Fast forward a few years, and the 19-year-old German student is writing, painting and drawing in her colorful notebooks almost every day. “Most weeks, I sit down three or four evenings to prep my journal with watercolors,” says Lina, who uses paints, pens and stamps to decorate the pages. She then fills her journals with handwritten words, printed photos and various bits and pieces of her daily life. “It’s the best way to get all my feelings out.”
Lina frequently finds inspiration within the supportive journaling community on Instagram. “Everyone is so creative and always coming up with new ideas,” says Lina, who gives back with #KindComments. “I try to respond to every comment under my posts and show how much I appreciate the effort people make to write something that brightens my day.”
Here is the flight path trajectory (in yellow), that I took in order to rescue myself using the virtual reality view of the ISS and software generated SAFER (gaseous nitrogen “jet” pack) to “fly” myself back to structure. Orbital mechanics can be extremely difficult to predict if you do not try to fly back on the same trajectory that you “fell” off on.
Check out Jordan Lindsey, an EVA instructor
Also Evelyn Miralles, Principal Engineer & Lead VR Innovator
Win a Samsung Galaxy S8 phone when released (8/28/2017) {WW} w/ exceptions via http://ift.tt/2lARlXX
Are Swedish House Mafia back?
Stay tuned
This update brings you a whole new way to watch Vine.
Our latest design introduces a “Watch” button that lets you kick back and see the story of a channel as Vines automatically play back to back.
People love to go through a channel or watch an account from start to finish. You can now do that with just the tap of a button, without having to manually scroll through individual posts. Check out Johnny McHone and Alona Forsythe for a couple examples.
When you’re on a user’s channel, you can tap “Posts” to choose how you want to view Vines: oldest to newest, newest to oldest, or by what’s popular. We recently introduced these options, and we recommend using them with this new viewing experience. Also, if you want to make a Vine loop as you’re watching, tap and hold it.
Get the update now on the App Store or Google Play.
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To follow along on Tim’s return to Earth, follow @astro_timpeake on Instagram.
Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) is going to have epic #TBT images after six months aboard the International Space Station (@iss). “I use social media to bring as many people as possible with me onboard mission #Principia,” says Tim. “Here, I can share the beauty of our planet and the science behind space exploration.” And what an adventure it’s been: he was the first British astronaut to visit the ISS, as well as the first British astronaut to complete a spacewalk. Tim also holds the record for the fastest marathon run in space.
On Saturday, June 18, Tim and two crew mates will be returning to Earth. We’re wishing them a safe journey home.