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Greenland Glacier Lost Mountain Range Worth Ice Last Month
2014-06-10 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Magazine: For those who sleep soundly at night by telling themselves they'll be long gone by the time climate change matters: Environmentalist Bill McKibben points us toward glacier-watchers reporting that a gigantic one in Greenland has lost up to ten cubic kilometers in less than 30 days. Greenland, that's far away, right? And what's a cubic kilometer anyway? Writes Robert Scribbler: Think of something the size of a mountain. Now multiply that by ten and you end up with a veritable mountain range....
Glacier feeding Indus tributary melting fast, JNU study says
2014-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: This could be worrisome for Himalayan glaciers. A team from Jawaharlal Nehru University has found significantly accelerated ice melting on Chhota Shigri glacier in Lahaul and Spiti over the last 10 years. The JNU team, which has been studying the glacier for several years to understand the impact of climate change, has used meteorological data of 40 years to extrapolate the pace of ice-melt on the glacier. This is the first scientific study to have monitored a Himalayan glacier for four decades...
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Athabasca glacier melting astonishing rate more five metres a year
2014-05-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guelph Mercury: What's believed to be the most-visited glacier in North America is losing more than five metres of ice every year and is in danger of completely disappearing within a generation, says a Parks Canada manager. The Athabasca Glacier is the largest of six ice sheets that form part of the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park. It is a popular destination for tourists from around the world who climb aboard huge snow coaches to get an up-close look. While it receives about seven metres of snowfall...
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Unprecedented BC glacier melt seeps into US climate change concerns
2014-05-18 15:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: The mountains of British Columbia cradle glaciers that have scored the landscape over millennia, shaping the rugged West Coast since long before it was the West Coast. But they're in rapid retreat, and an American state-of-the-union report on climate change has singled out the rapid melt in British Columbia and Alaska as a major climate change issue. "Most glaciers in Alaska and British Columbia are shrinking substantially," said the U.S. National Climate Assessment, released last week to much...
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US: Glacier Water Services back on track as Q1 profits rise
2014-05-14 13:16:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Glacier Water Services has posted a rise in first-quarter profits and sales despite one less selling day in the quarter.
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