News tagged with level rise
Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica
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Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of Antarctica's past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The latest analysis ...
New predictions for sea level rise
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Jul 27, 2009 |
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Fossil coral data and temperature records derived from ice-core measurements have been used to place better constraints on future sea level rise, and to test sea level projections.
Melting Greenland ice sheets may threaten Northeast United States, Canada
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May 27, 2009 |
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Melting of the Greenland ice sheet this century may drive more water than previously thought toward the already threatened coastlines of New York, Boston, Halifax, and other cities in the northeastern United ...
Sea level rise could be worse than anticipated
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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If global warming some day causes the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to collapse, as many experts believe it could, the resulting sea level rise in much of the United States and other parts of the world would be ...
Diverting Sediment-rich Water Below New Orleans Could Lead to Extensive New Land
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Diverting sediment-rich water from the Mississippi River below New Orleans could generate new land in the river's delta in the next century.
Rising sea levels set to have major impacts around the world
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Research presented today at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change in Copenhagen shows that the upper range of sea level rise by 2100 could be in the range of about one meter, or possibly more. In the lower ...
Cuts in greenhouse gas emissions would save Arctic ice, reduce sea level rise
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Apr 14, 2009 |
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The threat of global warming can still be greatly diminished if nations cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by 70 percent this century, according to a new analysis. While global temperatures would ...
Global sea-rise levels by 2100 my be lower than some predict, says new study
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Sep 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite projections by some scientists of global seas rising by 20 feet or more by the end of this century as a result of warming, a new University of Colorado at Boulder study concludes that ...
Dutch help California's Bay Area plan for sea level rise
Sep 22, 2009 |
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How to plan for sea level rise, a still-abstract concept for many Californians, drew serious consideration from engineers, designers and urban planners from Holland and the U.S. at a symposium held on Monday.
Measuring water from space
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Nov 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Observations from satellites now allow scientists to monitor changes to water levels in the sea, in rivers and lakes, in ice sheets and even under the ground. As the climate changes, this information will ...
Antarctic glacier thinning at alarming rate
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Aug 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The thinning of a gigantic glacier in Antarctica is accelerating, scientists warned today.
When it Comes to Sea Level Changing Glaciers, New NASA Technique Measures Up
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Nov 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA-led research team has used satellite data to make the most precise measurements to date of changes in the mass of mountain glaciers in the Gulf of Alaska, a region expected to be a ...
Final frontier: Mission to explore buried ancient Antarctic lake given green light
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Mar 02, 2009 |
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An international team of scientists led by the UK has been given the go-ahead to explore one of the planet's last great frontiers - an ancient lake hidden deep beneath Antarctica's ice sheet. Buried under ...
Ice Age lesson predicts a faster rise in sea level
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Aug 31, 2008 |
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If the lessons being learned by scientists about the demise of the last great North American ice sheet are correct, estimates of global sea level rise from a melting Greenland ice sheet may be seriously underestimated.
Study predicts Australian seabed response to climate change
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Oct 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO scientists have produced the first preliminary predictions of the potential impact of climate change on the Australian seabed.
