the science museum's mathematics gallery was designed by the late zaha hadid and this beautiful curvedcal modelling behind airflow. in 2017 studying the atmosphere was a priority for scientists, as well, and with the surprise rise in greenhouse gas emissions and levels of carbon dioxide reaching a record high, climate change was in the spotlight again. the effects can be seen in the stunning landscape of the arctic. this year british scientists went to greenland to understand why the ice sheet is melting and they found that white ice is turning dark. and the blacker the surface the more sunlight it absorbs and the faster it warms. scientists believe it is linked to microscopic algae. what we want to know is, how far the algae can spread under the greenland ice as the climate warms, and it might well be that they will cause more melting and an acceleration of sea—level rise. over the last 20 years greenland has been losing more ice than it gains, scientists want to work out how much the meltwater will raise sea levels and impact on communities around the globe. extreme weather also hit

the science museum's mathematics gallery was designed by the late zaha hadid and this beautiful curvedts the mathematical modelling behind airflow. in 2017 studying the atmosphere was a priority for scientists, as well, and with the surprise rise in greenhouse gas emissions and levels of carbon dioxide reaching a record high, climate change was in the spotlight again. the effects can be seen in the stunning landscape of the arctic. this year british scientists went to greenland to understand why the ice sheet is melting and they found that white ice is turning dark. and the blacker the surface the more sunlight it absorbs and the faster it warms. scientists believe it is linked to microscopic algae. what we want to know is, how far the algae can spread under the greenland ice as the climate warms, and it might well be that they will cause more melting and an acceleration of sea—level rise. over the last 20 years greenland has been losing more ice than it gains, scientists want to work out how much the meltwater will raise sea levels and impact on communities around the globe. extreme w