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Burning All of the Worlds Fossil Fuels Would Completely Melt the Antarctic Ice Sheet
2015-09-14 16:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Heres another argument for keeping the worlds fossil fuels in the ground: If all the coal, gas and oil on Earth is extracted and burned, the Antarctic ice sheet will melt entirely, scientists warn in a new blockbuster study published last Friday in the research journal Science Advances. The mind-boggling point is that our actions today are changing the face of planet Earth as we know it and will continue to do so for tens of thousands of years to come. If we want to avoid Antarctica to become...
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Burning all fossil fuels would 'eliminate' Antarctic ice, lift seas 58m: study
2015-09-11 20:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Burning all available fossil fuels would "eliminate" the giant ice sheets of Antarctica and lift sea levels by 58 metres, enough to inundate major coastal cities, according to US and Europe-based researchers. The combustion of available coal, oil and gas reserves would result in 10,000 billion tonnes of carbon emissions, and ensure West and East Antarctic ice sheets are destabilised and would ultimately melt, the study published on Saturday in Science Advances found. While the process could...
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Burning all fossil fuels could thaw Antarctica, raise seas: study
2015-09-11 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Burning all the world's fossil fuel reserves could thaw the entire Antarctic ice sheet and push up world sea levels by more than 50 meters (160 feet), over thousands of years, an international study said on Friday. Such a melt, also eliminating the far smaller ice sheet on Greenland, is a worst case of climate change that would inundate cities from New York to Shanghai and change maps of the world with much of the Netherlands, Bangladesh or Florida under water. "Burning the currently attainable...
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Just How Much Could Sea Rise from Burning Fossil Fuels? A Lot
2015-09-11 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Sea levels stand to rise by a staggering 164 feet (50 meters) or more if the world goes for broke on fossil fuels, burning all its attainable resources. That's because the Antarctic Ice Sheet would melt entirely from the warming caused by those emissions, concludes a study published Friday in Science Advances. The researchers say their paper offers the first long-term look at how carbon dioxide emissions from oil, coal, and natural gas would affect the entire ice sheet. "If we don't stop dumping...
Leaked Letters Show U.K. Supports Bid by Fossil Fuel Firms to Scrap E.U. Fracking Rules
2015-09-10 14:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK government has added its weight to a behind-the-scenes lobbying drive by oil and gas firms including BP, Chevron, Shell and ExxonMobil to persuade EU leaders to scrap a series of environmental safety measures for fracking, according to leaked letters seen by the Guardian. The deregulatory push against safety measures, which could include the monitoring of on-site methane leaks and capture of gases and volatile compounds that might otherwise be vented, appears to go against assurances from...
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