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Glaciers draining Antarctic basin destabilized, big sea level rise all but certain
2014-05-12 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: Today, researchers at UC Irvine and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have announced results indicating that glaciers across a large area of West Antarctica have been destabilized and that there is little that will stop their continuing retreat. These glaciers are all that stand between the ocean and a massive basin of ice that sits below sea level. Should the sea invade this basin, we'd be committed to several meters of sea level rise. Even in the short term, the new findings should increase our...
More Frequent Heat Waves by 2020 Almost Certain
2013-08-18 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Stand by for extreme weather. Prepare for heat waves on a scale that was once unprecedented. For once, there are no "ifs' in the forecast, no caveats about modeling business-as-usual-scenarios rather than dramatic reductions of emissions for near-term warming Even if governments abandon fossil fuels everywhere, immediately, and invest only in green energy, there will be new record temperatures. The greenhouse gas emissions of the last few decades now mean that regions of the planet subjected to...
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A Mutation Discovered in Iceland that Increases Risks of Osteoporosis and Certain Cancers
2013-05-05 23:14:24| Biotech - Topix.net
The mutation was also found to dramatically increase the risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, biliary tract cancer, and to promote an imbalance in blood electrolytes and late onset of menarche.
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