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Memorial Day Melt Down!
2014-05-15 23:30:57| PortlandOnline
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West Antarctica slow-motion, unstoppable melt
2014-05-14 18:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Two hundred years from now, the planet could look very different. This week two landmark studies revealed that West Antarctica's ice sheet is in a state of seemingly inevitable collapse linked to climate change. The slow-motion collapse would by itself eventually lead to a rise in global levels of 3.6-4.5 meters (12-15 feet), overrunning many of the world's islands, low-lying areas, and coastal cities. The only silver lining is that scientists conservatively estimate that the collapse could take...
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5 myths about Antarctic melt
2014-05-14 15:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: News that the catastrophic collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet is already underway, like other big reports about the southernmost continent, spur chatter and questions about what's really happening at the bottom of the world. We'll explain the reality behind some common misconceptions about big changes in Antarctica. 1. Antarctic ice is getting bigger, not shrinking! Yes, the Antarctic sea ice has been growing larger over the last few decades. But here's what people miss when they raise...
Melt of Key Antarctic Glaciers "Unstoppable"
2014-05-13 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: For decades, the inevitability of many feet, even yards, of sea-level rise in a warming climate has been crystal clear. But societys response, both in stemming heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to eroding coastlines, will always be more a function of the rate of change than the ultimate outcome. Thats why its important to get beyond headlines including the titles of papers in considering new research pointing to the inevitable collapse of ice sheets in West Antarctica....
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Melt of Key Antarctic Glaciers "Unstoppable"
2014-05-12 23:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Sea level rise estimates are going to need to be revised upward: A portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet that is home to some of the fastest-flowing glaciers on the continent appears to have entered a state of retreat and melt that is "unstoppable,' two new studies have found. "It has passed the point of no return,' said Eric Rignot, lead author on one of the studies and a glaciologist at the University of California, Irvine, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet...
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