http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/services/Feed ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:1156 Antarctic snowfall exhibits substantial variability over a range of time scales, with consequent impacts on global sea level and the mass balance of the ice sheets. To assess how snowfall has affected the thickness of the ice sheets in Antarctica and to provide an extended perspective, we derived a 50-year time series of snowfall accumulation over the continent by combining model simulations and observations primarily from ice cores. There has been no statistically significant change in snowfall since the 1950s, indicating that Antarctic precipitation is not mitigating global sea level rise as expected, despite recent winter warming of the overlying atmosphere. 2010-04-27T06:37:57.970Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:3821 Every time I give a presentation on the Women's Weekly in the 1950s, I am inundated with stories from women of my generation of baby boomers about its influence on their lives. This is not surprising. It was found in one in four Australian homes, far outstripping its rivals, Woman, Woman's Day and New Idea, in circulation and was far more glamorous in appearance. In the 1950s, the Weekly was the popular face of Australian femininity. For women of all ages, reading the Weekly in the 1950s was like stepping into a glamorous new home filled with desirable and up-to-date products, familiar objects, interesting and romantic men, practical yet alluring women, and happy children. In this haven of modernity women found the emotional tools to deal with the masculine world. 2010-04-27T04:52:16.473Z ]]>