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NASA: 10,000-Year-Old Ice Shelf in Antarctica Soon Be Completely Gone
2015-05-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: Earth's polar regions are in the midst of a stunning transformation. As global warming accelerates, evidence of change is perhaps most obvious in our planet's ice. More than a decade ago, scientists watched in awe as Antarctica's Larsen B Ice Shelf shattered almost completely in just six weeks. No one had ever seen such a large mass of ice vanish so quickly. Now, a new study from NASA, released this week, predicts that what remains of Larsen B will be totally gone in less than five years. Since...
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Scientists on 'strangest continent' Antarctica investigate effect climate change on animals
2015-05-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio Australia: An eclectic group of scientists in Antarctica, known as the "strangest continent on earth", undertake painstaking research into the effects of climate change on local animals and the environment. King George Island is a remote speck of ice-covered mountains at the far north of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is also the nearest thing in Antarctica to an accessible destination. Every summer, hundreds of scientists fly down from the bottom of South America to the island's gravel runway operated by...
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Antarctica May Have Hit Highest Temperature on Record
2015-03-31 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Scientists have measured what is likely the highest temperature ever on Antarctica: 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit (17.5 Celsius). The measurements were made last Tuesday at Argentina's Esperanza Base, on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, according to the meteorological website Weather Underground. The previous hottest known temperature on the continent was 62.8°F (17.1°C), recorded at Esperanza Base on April 24, 1961. The Weather Underground called last week's temperatures a "remarkable...
Antarctica Records Hottest Day Ever, Rapid Acceleration of Ice Melt
2015-03-30 16:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The warmest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica may have occurred last Tuesday with a thermometer reading 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit at Argentinas Esperanza Base on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, according to Weather Underground. The previous record was set the day before at 63.3 degrees at Argentinas Marambio Base on a small islet just off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Prior to this weeks record heat wave for the icy continent, the hottest known temperature in Antarctica...
Record heat in Antarctica
2015-03-30 01:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The temperature at a base in Antarctica hit a record high last week, reports Weather Underground. On March 24, 2015 Argentina's Esperanza Base reported a temperature of 63.5°F (17.5°C), which may be the warmest temperature ever recorded on the content. The previous high was set a day earlier at 63.3°F (17.4°C), according to a blog post by Christopher C. Burt. "The 17.5°C (63.5°F) temperature at Esperanza occurred just one day following a reading of 17.4°C (63.3°F) measured at Base Marambio...
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