The research was conducted by Aradhna Tripati, a UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) assistant professor in the department of Earth and space sciences and the department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, and colleagues.
Robert Riecker, a member of Los Alamos National Laboratory's Earth and Space Sciences Division, said a lab-sponsored geophysical field course made two technically important discoveries in the basin this summer.
The sense of 'Oh, it's cooling in East Antarctica,' is based essentially on the 1970-2000 period, and it's warmed since then -- although we don't have a lot of data for the most recent period -- and it definitely warmed prior to the 1970s," Eric Steig, a professor of Earth and space sciences at the University of Washington, told AFP.
He goes on to offer detailed lesson plans incorporating SF in the physical sciences, earth and space sciences, and life sciences, and addresses alternate histories and SF and mathematics as well.
Martin Griffiths, senior lecturer in Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Glamorgan, will this week explain how sci-fi can be used as an innovative aid to teach subjects like history, literature and the sciences.
Harris, senior research scientist for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Earth and Space Sciences Division, will present an illustrated talk about the hazard of asteroids hitting the Earth.
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The research was conducted by Aradhna Tripati, a UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) assistant professor in the department of Earth and space sciences and the department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, and colleagues.
