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The Future of Mountain Glaciers Is Bleak
2015-04-06 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica get far more attention, but mountain glaciers around the world -- in the Rockies, the Andes, the Himalayas and other ranges -- are melting as well as the planet heats up. All told, say climate modelers, the water they release could contribute about a foot's worth of the 3 to 6 feet of sea level rise projected by 2100. But those models only describe the melting of glaciers in the broadest terms -- as an aggregate. Just like projections for global temperature...
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In Alps, glaciers retreat as climate debate goes on
2015-04-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: The world's glaciers are disappearing. Climate change skeptics are not. The people who study our oceans and skies worry about both of these phenomena. But in wide swaths of 21st century America, the argument is still stuck on what to call the other side. "Denier" can also describe those who reject the Holocaust, so some who refuse to believe that human behavior is warming the planet prefer the label "skeptic." But scientists are de facto skeptics, and many resent that word being hijacked by...
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A Norwegian company's plan to make ice cubes out of glaciers unsettles some
2015-04-06 08:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Glomfjord, Norway, is a coastal town of 1,120 residents just north of the Arctic Circle. For decades, it was home to a chemical plant that produced ammonia. After it was shuttered in 1993, two Norwegian solar power entrepreneurs saw an opportunity, and Renewable Energy Corporation began making solar panels in the former ammonia plant in 1997. Sadly, lower manufacturing costs in Asia forced REC to move its domestic production overseas, and it closed its doors in Glomfjord three years ago. Now,...
Monstrous melt: Distant Antarctica glaciers have scientists worried
2015-03-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The great ice sheet of West Antarctica has begun sliding into what scientists believe is an irreversible collapse. It will take a century, but once glaciers that took tens of thousands of years to form are gone, the absence will result in a sea level rise in the Northern Hemisphere of at least 10 feet. If this were the only scenario to worry about, it would be more than enough to qualify as a catastrophe. Unfortunately, West Antarctica isn't the only ice formation that may disappear from the bottom...
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Artificial Glaciers in India Help Drought Villages
2015-03-08 14:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Villagers of the high desert of Ladakh in India's Jammu and Kashmir states used to harvest bountiful crops of barley, wheat, fruits, and vegetables in summer. An artificial glacier made in the form of an ice stupa in Ladakh in an effort to help with water shortages. But for years the streams have run dry in spring, just when farmers needed water to sow seeds. They had water when it wasn't needed during the rest of the year, such as in winter, when Ladakhis let water gush from taps to prevent pipes...
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