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Iron From Melting Ice Sheets Could Have Major Impact On Global Warming
2014-05-22 01:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: A newly-discovered source of oceanic bioavailable iron could have a major impact on our understanding of marine food chains and global warming. A UK team, including researchers from the University of Bristol, has found that summer meltwaters from ice sheets are rich in iron, which will have important implications on phytoplankton growth. Their findings are reported today in Nature Communications. It is well known that bioavailable iron boosts phytoplankton growth in many of the Earths oceans....
Iron from Melting Ice Sheets May Buffer Effects of Global Warming
2014-05-21 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A newly discovered source of iron from melting ice sheets may help buffer the effects of global warming. It is well known among the scientific community that bioavailable iron boosts phytoplankton growth in many of Earth's oceans. What possibly some don't realize is that phytoplankton capture carbon in the atmosphere, thus combating global warming's harmful carbon emissions. The plankton also feed into the bottom of the oceanic food chain, thus providing a food source for marine animals. A...
US: Beyond Zero ice machines create "in the rocks" cocktails
2014-05-20 15:19:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
A US company has launched a range of ice machines that freezes wine and spirits into cubes designed for cocktails.
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Antarctica's ice losses double
2014-05-19 11:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Antarctica is now losing about 160 billion tonnes of ice a year to the ocean - twice as much as when the continent was last surveyed. The new assessment comes from Europe's Cryosat spacecraft, which has a radar instrument specifically designed to measure the shape of the ice sheet. The melt loss from the White Continent is sufficient to push up global sea levels by around 0.43mm per year. Scientists report the data in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The new study incorporates...
Scientists: Antarctic ice sheet collapse now unstoppable
2014-05-17 10:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: The consequences of the warming planet are being quantified in a new report from ice researchers in the Antarctic. They say the collapse of the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet has already begun, and the melting of this ice sheet into the ocean could raise sea levels by as much as 15 feet in the coming centuries. wo teams of scientists say the long-feared collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has begun, kicking off what they say will be a centuries-long, unstoppable process that could raise...
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