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'Knitted' satellite launching to monitor Earth's surface with radar Original

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By Jonathan Amos Verified
| New Scientist Verified
An artist’s impression of CarbSAR orbiting Earth A new UK satellite is about to launch, wearing the latest in high‑tech knitwear. Called CarbSAR, it is due to go into orbit on Sunday, where it will deploy a mesh radar antenna produced on a machine more commonly found in a textiles factory. “It’s a very standard, off‑the‑shelf industrial machine used for knitting jumpers.
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City-sized iceberg has turned into a giant swimming pool Original

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By Jonathan Amos Verified
| New Scientist Verified
Satellite view of iceberg A23a in the Southern Ocean, showing meltwater on its surface Meltwater on a city‑sized iceberg in the Southern Ocean is rapidly forming a giant pool on its surface – possibly a sign that it is close to breaking apart. Scientists are captivated by the frozen colossus, known as A23a, because meltwater is collecting and being held on its surface in an unusual way.
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Antarctic glacier's alarming retreat is the fastest ever seen

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By Jonathan Amos Verified
| New Scientist Verified
Scientists have documented what they say is the quickest retreat of an Antarctic glacier in modern history. Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula shortened by 25 kilomeres in just 15 months, collapsing at speeds up to 10 times faster than current records. Naomi Ochwat at the University of Colorado Boulder and her colleagues attribute the rapid shrinkage to a vulnerability in Hektoria’s configuration, which saw its thinning trunk withdraw across a flat bedrock area known as an ice plain.
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