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Study: Melting Ice in West Antarctica Could Raise Sea Levels by 3 Meters
2015-11-03 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A key area of ice in west Antarctica may already be unstable enough to cause global sea levels to rise by three metres of ocean rise, scientists said on Monday. The study follows research published last year, led by Nasa glaciologist Eric Rignot, warning that ice in the Antarctic had gone into a state of irreversible retreat, that the melting was considered unstoppable and could raise sea level by 1.2 metres. This time, researchers at Germanys Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research...
Scientists confirm their fears about West Antarctica that its inherently unstable
2015-11-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: It may be the biggest climate change story of the last two years. In 2014, several research groups suggested that the oceanfront glaciers in the Amundsen Sea region of West Antarctica may have reached a point of unstoppable retreat due to warm ocean waters melting them from below. Theres a great deal at stake West Antarctica is estimated to contain enough ice to raise global sea levels by 3.3 meters, or well over 10 feet, were it all to melt. The urgency may now increase further in light of...
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Antarctica is gaining ice: NASA
2015-11-02 01:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jagran Post: According to the analysis of satellite data, the Antarctic ice sheet showed a net gain of 112 billion tonnes of ice a year from 1992 to 2001.The net gain slowed to 82 billion tonnes of ice per year between 2003 and 2008. "We are essentially in agreement with other studies that show an increase in ice discharge in the Antarctic peninsula and the Thwaites and Pine Island region of West Antarctica," explained Jay Zwally, glaciologist with NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland. ...
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NASA says Antarctica is actually gaining ice. Does this mean climate fine?
2015-11-01 11:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: A new NASA study found that Antarctica has been adding more ice than it's been losing, challenging other research, including that of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, that concludes that Earths southern continent is losing land ice overall. In a paper published in the Journal of Glaciology on Friday, researchers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the University of Maryland in College Park, and the engineering firm Sigma Space Corporation offer a new analysis of satellite...
Why scientists are so worried about ice shelves of Antarctica
2015-10-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: When it comes to climate change, Antarctica is one of the worlds major places of concern, mostly because of the sheer amount of ice it contains -- enough to theoretically cause about 200 feet of sea-level rise if it were all to melt -- not that anyone thinks that will happen anytime soon. Still, smaller parts could be destabilized, and understanding how the Antarctic ice sheet will react to future climate change is a big priority for scientists. One important key to building this understanding...
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