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Tasman Glacier retreat extreme
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2008 |
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The Tasman Glacier is retreating faster than ever and will ultimately disappear, glaciologists at Massey University are warning.
Melting ice under pressure
Sep 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The deep interior of Neptune, Uranus and Earth may contain some solid ice.
Melting of Floating Ice Will Raise Sea Level
Aug 04, 2005 |
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When ice on land slides into the ocean, it displaces ocean water and causes sea level to rise. People believe that when this floating ice melts, water level doesn’t rise an additional amount because the freshwater ice displaces ...
As Ice Melts, Antarctic Bedrock Is on the Move
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2008 |
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As ice melts away from Antarctica, parts of the continental bedrock are rising in response -- and other parts are sinking, scientists have discovered.
New NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Arctic sea ice thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record. The new results, ...
Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet melting, rate unknown
Feb 16, 2009 |
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The Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets are melting, but the amounts that will melt and the time it will take are still unknown, according to Richard Alley, Evan Pugh professor of geosciences, Penn State.
Melting of the Greenland ice sheet mapped
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Will all of the ice on Greenland melt and flow out into the sea, bringing about a colossal rise in ocean levels on Earth, as the global temperature rises? The key concern is how stable the ice cap actually ...
New Arctic satellite data shows Arctic literally on thin ice
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 06, 2009 |
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The latest data from NASA and the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center show the continuation of a decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice extent in the Arctic, including new ...
Arctic global warming may be irreversible
Mar 14, 2006 |
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Scientists, noting sea ice in the Arctic has failed to form for the second consecutive winter, fear global warming may be irreversible in polar areas.
Alaskan drilling will assess gas hydrate
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 20, 2007 |
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Drilling has started on an Alaskan North Slope well to assess the United States' largest potential fossil energy resource: gas hydrate.
Ban: Warm Antarctica temps show eco-issues
Nov 13, 2007 |
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said warmer temperatures in Antarctica highlight the dangers of climate change and the need to address them.
Researchers say Arctic sea ice still at risk despite cold winter
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Using the latest satellite observations, NASA researchers and others report that the Arctic is still on “thin ice” when it comes to the condition of sea ice cover in the region. A colder-than-average winter ...
Winter Sea Ice Fails to Recover, Down to Record Low
Apr 06, 2006 |
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Scientists at NSIDC announced that March 2006 shows the lowest Arctic winter sea ice extent since the beginning of the satellite record in 1979 (see Figures 1 and 2). Sea ice extent, or the area of ocean that ...
NASA data show Arctic saw fastest August sea ice retreat on record
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2008 |
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Following a record-breaking season of arctic sea ice decline in 2007, NASA scientists have kept a close watch on the 2008 melt season. Although the melt season did not break the record for ice loss, NASA data ...
Vast expanses of Arctic ice melt in summer heat
Aug 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles (square kilometers) of ice on Sunday in a relentless summer of melt, with scientists watching through satellite eyes for a possible ...
