In the Antarctic, Adélie penguins harbor consistent levels of the pesticide DDT even though it’s been widely banned since the 1970s. The source: glacier meltwater that trickles past the penguins on its way to the sea, eventually making its way into the penguins’ food webs.

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Apple II Vapor Lock and the Floating Bus (deater.net) First, I want to make it clear I didn’t invent any of this. It has been well known since the early 80s. You can read more about this in Bob Bishop’s 1982 Softalk article “Have an Apple Split” and Don Lancaster’s Vapor Lock and Fun with Mixed Fields and Glitch Stomper articles. The technique was really not used that much, probably because it is difficult to use and not really officially supported by Apple.

Melting Glaciers Do More Than Raise Sea Levels (hakaimagazine.com) Novels and blockbuster movies that tackle climate change gravitate toward the dramatic, especially when it comes to melting ice. In these stories, mountainous glaciers crumble and cities flood as the sea rises. But a lot more happens in between the mountains and the sea, as meltwater passes through the liminal space of the coast. Here are five ways the slow, non-dramatic drip of melting ice changes our coastlines and oceans.