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Alun Hubbard, a glaciologist, spends a lot of time on the Greenland ice sheet, and he does some of the most dangerous scientific work I have ever seen. That includes rappelling down into moulins – the deep holes that meltwater rivers bore through the ice sheet. He describes the scene below the surface and the way millions of deep cracks in the ice are allowing water to deteriorate the ice sheet from the inside as global temperatures rise. That meltwater and Greenland’s accelerating ice loss have widespread impacts for coastal communities around the world. The photos alone will send chills up your spine.
Stephen Khan in London adds: France has been gripped by riots in recent days following the police shooting of a teenage boy. Click here for analysis of the crisis. And as Australia go 2-0 up in the Ashes series of Test cricket after a dramatic and controversial match in London, we consider England's cavalier style. It may not quite be winning them Ashes Tests (yet?), but it is winning the sport new
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Richard Bates and Alun Hubbard kayak a meltwater stream on Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, towing an ice radar that reveals it’s riddled with fractures.
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Alun Hubbard, University of Tromsø
Glaciologists are discovering new ways surface meltwater alters the internal structure of ice sheets, and raising an alarm that sea level rise could be much more abrupt than current models forecast.
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The mother of Nahel, who was shot dead by police in Nanterre, leads a rally in is name.
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Joseph Downing, Aston University
I’ve interviewed disaffected people across French suburbs. Their anger has been mounting for years.
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England captain Ben Stokes (second right) speaks to Stuart Broad during day four of the first Ashes test match.
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David Turner, Anglia Ruskin University; Matt Jewiss, Anglia Ruskin University
Bazball is aggressively attacking, highly entertaining and piles pressure on opponents by scoring runs quickly.
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Leo Roberts, The University of Melbourne; Daniel R. Little, The University of Melbourne; Matthew J. Spittal, The University of Melbourne; Mervyn Jackson, RMIT University
The ‘nervous nineties’ captures the idea that batters with 90 or more runs become anxious as get close to scoring a century. But is it true?
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Avery Anapol; Mend Mariwany
Why your understanding of who migrates (and why) might be wrong.
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Shana MacDonald, University of Waterloo; Alysia Kolentsis, University of Waterloo
The stabbings at the University of Waterloo remind us that violence for daring to stand in a classroom and speak is still ever-present.
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Neil D’Cruze, University of Oxford; Jennah Green, Manchester Metropolitan University
About 8,000 lions are being held in facilities across South Africa. In some cases, a legal operation is plugged into an illicit trade network.
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Chris Impey, University of Arizona
Astronomers have for the first time detected the background hum of gravitational waves likely caused by merging black holes.
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Amy Walters, Australian National University
Anna Funder’s new book, Wifedom, is a meditation on the insidious nature of patriarchy. Funder draws parallels between our #metoo era and the time of George Orwell and his wife Eileen.
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William Chittenden, Texas State University
The Supreme Court rejected President Joe Biden’s student loan program that aimed at delivering up to $20,000 of relief per borrower.
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Ben McCann, University of Adelaide
Actors love to return to their most famous roles decades later – and digital de-ageing is Hollywood’s next big thing.
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