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Japan to fund Fukushima ice wall
2013-09-03 09:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Japan is to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into building a frozen wall around the Fukushima nuclear plant to stop leaks of radioactive water. Government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said an estimated 47bn yen ($473m, 304m) would be allocated. The leaks were getting worse and the government "felt it was essential to become involved to the greatest extent possible", Mr Suga said. The plant was crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The disaster knocked out cooling systems to...
Greenland Ice Hides Gorge Longer than the Grand Canyon
2013-08-30 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: A massive gorge nearly twice as long as the Grand Canyon is hidden under Greenland's ice sheet, reports a team of researchers from the U.K, Canada, and Italy. With a width of about six miles and a maximum depth of 2,600 feet, the previously undiscovered canyon is as wide as its Arizona counterpart and nearly half as deep. Flowing water likely carved the canyon long before the formation of the mile-deep ice sheet that has blanketed it for the past few million years. Researchers found the feature using...
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Greenland has its own Grand Canyon deep under ice, study says
2013-08-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: A canyon similar in scale, if not in grandeur, to Arizona's Grand Canyon lies beneath Greenland's ice sheet, according to a new study. Running from deep within the island's interior north to Greenland's northwest coast, the canyon measures at least 470 miles long, six miles across at its widest, and as many as 2,600 feet deep reaching its widest and deepest points near the coast. The Grand Canyon, by comparison, is 277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and 6,000 feet deep. The portrait points to...
East Antarctic ice sheet 'vulnerable' to temperature changes
2013-08-30 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The world's thickest ice sheet may be at greater risk from variations in the climate than previously believed. Scientists found that glaciers on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) advance and retreat in synch with changes in temperature. Since it contains enough water to raise global sea levels by over 50m, there is an urgent need to study the threat the researchers said. The research has been published in the journal Nature. Scientists have long been worried about the threat to sea...
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Deep Ice Canyon Found Far Below Greenland Surface
2013-08-30 04:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Using ice-penetrating radar, scientists have discovered a long, deep canyon that exists a mile beneath the Greenland ice sheet, data from a NASA airborne science mission and an international research team reveals. The scientific team identified a continuous bedrock canyon that extends from almost the center of the island and ends at its northern extremity in a deep fjord connecting to the Arctic ocean. The canyon looks like a winding river channel at least 460 miles (750 kilometers) long, making...
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