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Antarctica carbon dioxide levels breach red line
2016-06-19 00:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
UK Progressive: In May 2013, the carbon dioxide monitoring station at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, recorded a major milestone the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide had crossed the symbolic red line of 400 parts per million for the first time since record-keeping began. Now, three years and several record-breaking months later, the last station on Earth without a 400 ppm reading has finally reached it. In a statement released Wednesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revealed that,...
Long overlooked area of Antarctica sees major ice loss
2016-06-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Over the past few years, the evidence has piled up that glaciers in parts of Antarctica have been melting and retreating at an increasingly worrying -- and potentially unstoppable -- pace. Now, new research shows that glaciers in a region of West Antarctica that has received relatively little attention to date have lost a considerable amount of ice. And that ice melt and retreat has been going on for decades, longer than previously thought. The Bellingshausen Coast in West Antarctica. The findings,...
Long Overlooked Area of Antarctica Sees Major Ice Loss
2016-06-02 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Over the past few years, the evidence has piled up that glaciers in parts of Antarctica have been melting and retreating at an increasingly worrying -- and potentially unstoppable -- pace. Now, new research shows that glaciers in a region of West Antarctica that has received relatively little attention to date have lost a considerable amount of ice. And that ice melt and retreat has been going on for decades, longer than previously thought. The findings, detailed in the journal Geophysical...
Antarctica to remain permanently off-limits to mining
2016-06-02 14:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blouinnews: Antarctica will remain completely off limits for mining in the future. That was the unanimous decision reached on Wednesday by all 29 nations party to the Antarctic Treaty, the main international governing mechanism for the continent. The resolution, lauded by NGOs, dispels any doubts or false rumors that the status quo might change after 2048. The treaty`s Protocol on Environmental Protection does not expire that year; it can only be requested to be reviewed. But with such a strong commitment by...
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Scientists have found yet another part of Antarctica that may be in trouble
2016-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wahingtonpost: The forces affecting the ice in West Antarctica are an area of urgent focus for climate scientists who are all too aware of the ice sheets huge potential contributions to global sea-level rise. A great deal of this attention has centered on a specific region bordering the Amundsen Sea, south of the Antarctic Peninsula, where research has suggested that a set of rapidly retreating glaciers -- including the famous Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers -- may be increasingly vulnerable to collapse. But...
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