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Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans as Antarctic Ice Melts
2014-05-12 18:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The collapse of large parts of the ice sheet in West Antarctica appears to have begun and is almost certainly unstoppable, with global warming accelerating the pace of the disintegration, two groups of scientists reported Monday. The finding, which had been feared by some scientists for decades, means that a rise in global sea level of at least 10 feet may now be inevitable. The rise may continue to be relatively slow for at least the next century or so, the scientists said, but sometime after that...
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Western Antarctic ice sheet collapse has already begun, scientists warn
2014-05-12 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The collapse of the Western Antarctica ice sheet is already under way and is unstoppable, two separate teams of scientists said on Monday. The glaciers' retreat is being driven by climate change and is already causing sea-level rise at a much faster rate than scientists had anticipated. The loss of the entire western Antarctica ice sheet could eventually cause up to 4 metres (13ft) of sea-level rise, devastating low-lying and coastal areas around the world. But the researchers said that even...
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Scientists hope 2,000-year-old ice holds clues to climate change
2014-05-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Polar scientists who retrieved ice samples from the Antarctic say they are on the verge of unlocking 2,000 years of climate records offering clues to how global warming will affect our future. An international team traveled to Antarctica's Aurora Basin in a five-week project that began last December, to drill for ice samples needed to bridge a gap in knowledge of temperature changes over the last 20 centuries. Using the latest technology to probe the secrets of the past, the scientists hope...
Ahead Of Wildfire Season, Scientists Study What Fuels Fires
2014-05-09 22:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: As fire managers in the drought-stricken Southwest gear up for another long and expensive wildfire season, federal fire scientists are trying to better understand the physics behind what makes blazes spread. At a U.S. Forest Service fire lab in Riverside, Calif., a team of scientists is conducting daily experiments over the next few months on different fire behavior conditions. They hope to hand off their findings to fire managers, who have to make the quick decisions on where to deploy resources...
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Scientists develop first completely covert communication system with lasers
2014-05-09 15:46:15| Extremetech
Forget encryption: a new technique could allow you to send messages that no one but the intended recipient could even detect.
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