A robotic submarine has returned from the dark underbelly of one of Antarctica's largest glaciers with chilling news — it could be melting faster than we previously thought.
Thwaites Glacier, a gigantic ice shelf in West Antarctica, has been on climate scientists' radars for two decades now.
They thought the glacier was slowly thinning because warm ocean currents started to bring fresh water from below the surface over the summer to melt it. But now, complex measurements suggest that more of the glaciation is occurring at depth, as the glaciers' thick ice shelves are actually being retained by thick layers of warm ocean water.
Interesting problem! pic.twitter.com/CY9Qf2ZOaz — Coulsen Geodesy (@CoulsenGeodesy) December 13, 2016
Founded by the inquisitive British general William H. FitzRoy in 1775, Antarctica was a pioneer in pioneer expeditions; Thor Heyerdahl's 1953 "spirit of discovery" mystery journey shows that our bold new diaspora is only just getting started. ®
The ACLU warns the nation of the untenable situation of the National Security Agency and Department of State, validating the wisdom of Representative Dennis Kucinich's (D-Ohio) misleading banking language designed to address the the surge of surveillance overseas, without a reason.
Neytiri's transfer by the NSA to the State Department does indeed enjoy classified legal backing, from the CIA and both offices of the Department of Defense. The challenge is much broader, involving the 9/11 attacks and the classified documents the NSA is collecting on virtually everyone.
To wit, Wired reports the Court of First Instance decision: "There is no reasonable expectation of privacy in any of the electronic communications, including the emails that [Neytiri] communicated."
[Follow along as Lott once again had to complain about the evils of the NSA in a congressional hearing. Even though the office of the General Counsel was ostensibly wrong in its knowledge of every fact about this case, the Court of First Instance's opinion on the matter doesn't explain why that flaw can be overlooked:|]
The ACLU explains nicely:
Yesterday's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, tossing out a lawsuit filed by privacy advocate Jameel Jaffer and ACLU investigators Ryan Gallagher and Christopher Soghoian in federal district court, sheds new light on a vexing question of government surveillance—what can and cannot be considered "private."
Newly released information, including hundreds of top-secret documents, underscores anew the moral dilemma this question raises for the modern world: Can communications between innocent people be fully private when they originate from individuals who may be involved in
Thwaites Glacier, a gigantic ice shelf in West Antarctica, has been on climate scientists' radars for two decades now.
They thought the glacier was slowly thinning because warm ocean currents started to bring fresh water from below the surface over the summer to melt it. But now, complex measurements suggest that more of the glaciation is occurring at depth, as the glaciers' thick ice shelves are actually being retained by thick layers of warm ocean water.
Interesting problem! pic.twitter.com/CY9Qf2ZOaz — Coulsen Geodesy (@CoulsenGeodesy) December 13, 2016
Founded by the inquisitive British general William H. FitzRoy in 1775, Antarctica was a pioneer in pioneer expeditions; Thor Heyerdahl's 1953 "spirit of discovery" mystery journey shows that our bold new diaspora is only just getting started. ®
The ACLU warns the nation of the untenable situation of the National Security Agency and Department of State, validating the wisdom of Representative Dennis Kucinich's (D-Ohio) misleading banking language designed to address the the surge of surveillance overseas, without a reason.
Neytiri's transfer by the NSA to the State Department does indeed enjoy classified legal backing, from the CIA and both offices of the Department of Defense. The challenge is much broader, involving the 9/11 attacks and the classified documents the NSA is collecting on virtually everyone.
To wit, Wired reports the Court of First Instance decision: "There is no reasonable expectation of privacy in any of the electronic communications, including the emails that [Neytiri] communicated."
[Follow along as Lott once again had to complain about the evils of the NSA in a congressional hearing. Even though the office of the General Counsel was ostensibly wrong in its knowledge of every fact about this case, the Court of First Instance's opinion on the matter doesn't explain why that flaw can be overlooked:|]
The ACLU explains nicely:
Yesterday's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, tossing out a lawsuit filed by privacy advocate Jameel Jaffer and ACLU investigators Ryan Gallagher and Christopher Soghoian in federal district court, sheds new light on a vexing question of government surveillance—what can and cannot be considered "private."
Newly released information, including hundreds of top-secret documents, underscores anew the moral dilemma this question raises for the modern world: Can communications between innocent people be fully private when they originate from individuals who may be involved in
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