Collaborate Disseminate
A MIPT team is building prototype observatories over the coming weeks in Amderma, Nenets Autonomous Region. Continue reading Scientists Want to Monitor Space Debris from Warming Russian Arctic
Climate change is fuelling a tourism boom. Continue reading Tourists Are Flocking to Iceland to See the Glaciers Before They’re Gone
Climate change is completely reshaping the region. Continue reading I Travelled to the Arctic to Plunge a Probe Into the Thawing Permafrost
Temperatures dip down to -25°C (-13°F). Continue reading Inside the Freezing-Cold Lab Where Scientists Practice Arctic Icebreaking
The Totten Ice Shelf is melting and it could have significant global impact. Continue reading This Melting Glacier in Antarctica Could Raise Sea Levels By 11 Feet
And the Arctic is expected to shrink by 5 percent each decade from here on out. Continue reading The Earth’s Poles Have Lost Enough Ice to Cover Texas Four Times
And the Arctic is expected to shrink by 5 percent each decade from here on out. Continue reading The Earth’s Poles Have Lost Enough Ice to Cover Texas Four Times
[Chandler Dickinson] did his monthly sweep of the floor in his blacksmith’s shop when it occurred to him that all that metal dust had to go somewhere, didn’t it? So he did the only reasonable thing and made a crude foundry out of cinder blocks, melted his dirt in it, and examined what came out the other end.
His first step was to “pan” for steel. He rinsed all the dirt in a bucket of water and then ran a magnet at the bottom of the bucket. The material that stuck to the magnet, was ripe for reclaimation.
Next he …read more
We’re replacing “holy moley” in our vocabulary. Levitating globs of molten aluminum are that much more amazing. It’s not that we couldn’t believe it would work — we understand the physics after the fact. It’s just that we never would have thought to build an induction forge that can simultaneously melt and levitate a chunk of aluminum. (Video embedded below.)
[imsmoother] has had plans for 3 kW and 10 kW induction heaters online since at least 2011, and we’re wondering how we haven’t covered it before. Anyway, in the video, he’s using the smaller of the two to melt a …read more
