West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s ‘catastrophic’ geology

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms.

The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse

An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be ...
The Gazette

Curious Iowa: How are daily normal temperatures calculated, and how reliable are they?

How are normal high and low temperatures, and average precipitation numbers calculated, and how far back does the data go? Find out with Curious Iowa — a series from The Gazette that answers readers' ...

Bringing Meat to Room Temperature Before Cooking: Essential or Not? We Tested It

We ran side-by-side cooks—fridge-cold versus counter-rested—on steaks, pork, and chicken to see if a “room temp” sit changes ...
IEEE

Full-Model-Free Adaptive Graph Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient Model for Multi-Terminal Soft Open Point Voltage Control in Distribution Systems

Abstract: High penetration of renewable energy sources (RESs) induces sharply-fluctuating feeder power, leading to voltage deviation in active distribution systems. To prevent voltage violations, ...
IEEE

Temporal Temperature Profile Prediction Using Graph Convolutional Networks and Inverted Echosounder Measurements

Abstract: Ocean temperature prediction is a prominent research topic in current ocean science. The empirical modal method, which is based on the inverse echosounder, is one of the most significant ...