#3064: ice, light, glaciers, trees

Tue, 02 Sep 2025, last check: Mon, 20 Oct 2025. Post history

• The response of the Antarctic ice sheet to climate change is influenced by a coastal plain, which was once continuous and formed through river erosion between 100 and 80 million years ago.
  https://idp.nature.com/transit?redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41561-025-01734-z&code=162aa78c-2efe-4374-afa2-506d7922ef53
• Light pollution map updated annually using NOAA VIIRS data, utilizing the Bortle scale to identify dark sky areas.
  https://lightpollutionmap.app/
• Study of changes in the proglacial zones of marine glaciers to quantify the length of new coastline that has been exposed by glacial retreat between 2000 and 2020
  https://idp.nature.com/transit?redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41558-025-02282-5&code=5c94b11e-9e3b-46ef-8d1b-6be80baa1191
• Map that shows the locations of hammock-friendly tree pairs in Vancouver, Canada, thanks to the publication of open data on trees on public lands.
  https://hammock-production.up.railway.app/

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