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Climate Impacts Of Arctic Sea Ice Loss To Be Investigated By NASA
2014-08-15 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: A new NASA field campaign will begin flights over the Arctic this summer to study the effect of sea ice retreat on Arctic climate. The Arctic Radiation IceBridge Sea and Ice Experiment (ARISE) will conduct research flights Aug. 28 through Oct. 1, covering the peak of summer sea ice melt. ARISE is NASA`s first Arctic airborne campaign designed to take simultaneous measurements of ice, clouds and the levels of incoming and outgoing radiation, the balance of which determines the degree of climate...
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Antarctic melt could raise sea levels faster
2014-08-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche-Welle: Cold, white, forever icy the Antarctic should be the last place to melt in a warming climate. But a new study shows the ice continent could become the major contributor to sea level rise before the end of the century. Melting ice from the frozen continent of Antarctica currently makes up less than 10 percent of the observed rise in global sea levels - the rest comes from the thermal expansion of warming seas, and from melting glaciers and the Greenland ice sheet. But a new analysis by an...
Antarctica may lift sea level faster in threat to megacities
2014-08-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Antarctica glaciers melting because of global warming may push up sea levels faster than previously believed, potentially threatening megacities including New York and Shanghai, researchers in Germany said. Antarcticas ice discharge may raise sea levels as much as 37 centimeters (14.6 inches) this century if the output of greenhouse gases continues to grow, according to a study led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The increase may be as little as 1 centimeter, they said....
Statoil wins approval to use Transocean Spitsbergen drilling rig in Barents Sea
2014-08-15 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Statoil has secured approval from the Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway to use the Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible drilling rig in the Barents Sea.
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Antarctica's Ice Discharge Major Contributor to Sea Level Rise
2014-08-15 00:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Antarctica's ice discharge could become a major contributor to the global sea level rise within this century, adding up to an extra 37 centimeters, which is more so than previously thought, according to a new study. "If greenhouse gases continue to rise as before, ice discharge from Antarctica could raise the global ocean by an additional one to 37 centimeters in this century already," lead author Anders Levermann, of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, said in a statement. "Now...
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