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NASA study: Net gains for Antarctic ice sheets
2015-10-31 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: According to a new NASA study, ice sheet gains outweigh losses on the Antarctic continent. The findings conflict with those of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which in 2013 suggested gains were not keeping up with losses. The new study, published in the Journal of Glaciology, doesn't totally undermine the handful of studies showing significant glacier, ice sheet and sea ice shrinkage. Instead, if offers evidence of previously unaccounted gains. The new tallies reveal an annual...
Mass gains of Antarctic Ice Sheet greater than losses
2015-10-31 05:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new NASA study says that an increase in Antarctic snow accumulation that began 10,000 years ago is currently adding enough ice to the continent to outweigh the increased losses from its thinning glaciers. The research challenges the conclusions of other studies, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 2013 report, which says that Antarctica is overall losing land ice. According to the new analysis of satellite data, the Antarctic ice sheet showed a net gain of 112 billion...
Despite substantial Chinese movement Antarctic Conservation, Southern Ocean progress remains stalled
2015-10-30 10:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has again failed to agree to protect key areas in the Ross Sea and in East Antarctica at its annual meeting in Hobart. However, a statement of support by China for a revised Ross Sea Proposal which has in past years actively blocked this proposal, and a statement of commitment by Russia for inter-sessional discussion of the proposal, has given hope to a process that has thus far been clouded by inaction, uncertainty...
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Russia thwarts plan for Antarctic ocean sanctuary, China on board
2015-10-29 22:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Russia has again thwarted attempts to create the worlds largest ocean sanctuary in Antarctica, the final country opposing the protection of a vast swathe of rich waters from fishing, after a revised international plan won support from China. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) ends a 10-day meeting in Hobart, Australia on Friday without the consensus needed for a deal to conserve and manage the marine ecosystems in the Southern Ocean. While Russia...
Winds Carve Away Antarctic Snow
2015-10-20 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: A new study has found that powerful winds are removing massive amounts of snow from parts of Antarctica, potentially boosting estimates of how much the continent might contribute to sea level. Up to now, scientists had thought that most snow scoured from parts of the continent was simply redeposited elsewhere on the surface. However, the new study shows that in certain parts, called scour zones, some 90 percentan estimated 80 billion tons per yearis instead being vaporized, and removed altogether....
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