New research shows projected changes in the winds circling the Antarctic may accelerate global sea level rise significantly more than previously estimated.
Earth Sciences
Jul 7, 2014
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Warming brought on by climate change is causing the icebergs in the Antarctic to drift towards the shore and cause fundamental damage to the rich sea bed ecosystem.
Environment
Jun 20, 2014
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Reports that a portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has begun to irretrievably collapse, threatening a 4-foot rise in sea levels over the next couple of centuries, surged through the news media last week. But many are ...
Environment
May 26, 2014
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The new finding that the eventual loss of a major section of West Antarctica's ice sheet "appears unstoppable" was not completely unexpected by scientists who study this area. The study, led by glaciologist Eric Rignot at ...
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2014
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How much is the polar ice melting, and how are the sheets being affected by climate change? These are some of the questions that NASA's Operation IceBridge seeks to answer. You can see a quick overview of the mission in the ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2014
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A series of radars just deployed on Antarctica will give researchers their first ever day-by-day measurements of the health of one of the ice shelves that surround the frozen continent.
Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2014
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A number of floating ice shelves in Antarctica are at risk of disappearing entirely in the next 200 years, as global warming reduces their snow cover. Their collapse would enhance the discharge of ice into the oceans and ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 29, 2014
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A new study of four Antarctic emperor penguin colonies suggest that unexpected breeding behaviour may be a sign that the birds are adapting to environmental change.
Plants & Animals
Jan 8, 2014
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New research has revealed that more ice leaves Antarctica by melting from the underside of submerged ice shelves than was previously thought, accounting for as much as 90 per cent of ice loss in some areas.
Earth Sciences
Sep 15, 2013
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Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves, not icebergs calving into the sea, are responsible for most of the continent's ice loss, a study by UC Irvine and others has found.
Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2013
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