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Flash Physics: Strong summer ice, spying the nearest exoplanet and École Polytechnique degrees in English

11 Oct 2016 Hamish Johnston

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Photograph of Aleksey Shestov studying ice ridges in the Arctic Ocean
On ice: Aleksey Shestov studying ice ridges in the Arctic. (Courtesy: Marcel Nicolaus)
Summer ice is stronger, say scientists Sea-ice structures called “ice ridges” become str

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