Faculty-Staff Edition - Dec. 5, 2019
Events & Exhibits
Hogwarts comes to Norlin Dec. 6 for Fri-Yay Nights
Join a special—maybe even magical—evening at Norlin Library in the Center for British and Irish Studies, a most Hogwartian space. The event will commence with a special behind-the-scenes, all-access tour at 3:30 p.m. that even Hermione would approve of!
Research News
Daring space mission gets its first look at the sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has gotten closer to the sun than any other object designed and developed by humans—and ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ scientists have been along for the ride.
Warming at the poles will have global consequences
The poles may be warming faster than anywhere else on Earth. A new study explores the consequences for these icy regions—and for the rest of the world.
Thwaites Glacier: Antarctica’s wild card
Nearly 100 scientists and staff from around the world, including CIRES scientist Ted Scambos, departed recently to conduct fieldwork in one of the most remote and inhospitable areas on Earth: Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica.
A ship frozen in the Arctic ice confronts the first big storm
A powerful winter storm swept over the German RV Polarstern icebreaker recently, tearing new cracks in the ice floe next to the ship, sending ice-based instruments adrift and forcing a rescue-and-reconstruction process that could take weeks of work by ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ and other scientists.
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