This week in science: pretty in pink Mar 21, 2015

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This week in science: pretty in pink
Mar 21, 2015 6:00am PDT by DarkSyde


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Researchers have found two seafloor channels underneath the floating ice shelf of Totten Glacier in East Antarctica. The channels may let the warmest waters near the glacier to enter beneath the floating ice shelf, causing the rapid thinning of the ice shelf observed to date, the scientists said.

•First weekend of official spring could bring more snow.

•The ancestry of one of Darwin's weirdest animals gets a little bit clearer.

•And a new pseudo-scientific zombie struggles out of its embryonic sac ...

•Chis Christie finally caves in and allows the free market to operate in New Jersey.

•We are well and truly screwed: the GOP wants to micromanage government agencies that take into account the security risks posed by climate change:

At first glance, climate change doesn’t seem like it would naturally fall under the mandates of the CIA and Defense Department, but it's actually not far removed. A study published in March underscored a theory many had already embraced: that environmental impacts may serve as catalysts for regional instabilities. The study says a devastating drought likely fueled discontent and contributed to shortages and urban overcrowding that sparked the Syrian revolution.