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Greenland Ice Melt 'Accelerating' Climate Change Awakens 'Sleeping Giant'
2014-03-16 22:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: Scientists have known for decades that Greenlands ice sheet is melting, but they may have underestimated just how much water the second-largest ice sheet on the planet is shedding. New research indicates that a key section of northeast Greenland thought to be stable is actually dumping billions of tons of water into the ocean annually after a barrier of ice debris that had blocked its flow finally gave way. "We're seeing an acceleration of ice loss," Michael Bevis, professor of earth sciences...
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Study Says Climate Change Accelerating Greenland Ice Loss
2014-03-16 20:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Greenland`s ice sheet is rapidly melting in areas previously believed to be stable, leading to accelerated rises in global sea levels, according to a study published Sunday. While scientists have been aware that climate change has caused Greenland`s ice sheet to thin for decades, melting in the sheet`s northeast region has been discovered for the first time, USA Today reports. Ice loss in the northeast region of Greenland has nearly tripled since 2003, with the ice sheet retreating 12.4 miles...
Fears of faster rising global sea levels as 'stable' Greenland ice sheet starts to melt
2014-03-16 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Global sea levels may rise faster than anticipated due to a rapid melting of the north-east corner of the Greenland ice sheet, according to scientists. This was widely considered to be cold and stable. Satellite measurements have shown that this part of Greenland, which covers 16 per cent of the ice sheet, has now begun to melt after many years of stability the reason why this area was left out of computer models predicting future global sea-level rise. Regional warming in north-east Greenland...
Vanishing ice warning for 'Africa's Alps'
2014-03-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: In swirling snow, John Medenge prods a thin ice bridge over a crevasse with an iron-tipped spear, guiding climbers scaling the steep glacial wall using crampons and axes. "We are the last few who will climb on the ice, it is going so fast," said Medenge, after scaling the treacherous ridge up Mount Stanley, part of the dramatic Rwenzori mountain range straddling the border between Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo. At 5,109 metres (16,763 feet), Stanley's jagged peak is the third highest...
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Fish-eating ducks hard hit by severe winter, ice
2014-03-16 07:55:34| Chemicals - Topix.net
DELMAR, N.Y.: The Niagara River corridor from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario is renowned as a spectacular winter haven for hundreds of thousands of water birds.
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