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Decline in greenhouse gas emissions would reduce sea-level rise, save Arctic Sea ice

Cuts in greenhouse gas emissions would save Arctic ice, reduce sea level rise

Apr 14, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (88) | 15

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 ...

Melting Greenland ice sheets may threaten Northeast United States, Canada

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

May 27, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (71) | 18

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 ...

Global warming to carry big costs for California

Space & Earth / Environment

Mar 12, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (56) | 11

(AP) -- From agricultural losses to devastation wrought by wildfires, California's economy is expected to see significant costs resulting from global warming in the decades ahead, according to a new report.

Global sea-rise levels by 2100 my be lower than some predict, says new study

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 04, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (54) | 28

(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 ...

Ice Age lesson predicts a faster rise in sea level

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 31, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (51) | 27

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.

Sea level rise could be worse than anticipated

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Feb 05, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (49) | 37

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 ...

Study: Earth's polar ice sheets vulnerable to even moderate global warming

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 16, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (46) | 42

A new analysis of the geological record of the Earth's sea level, carried out by scientists at Princeton and Harvard universities and published in the Dec. 16 issue of Nature, employs a novel statistical approa ...

Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 18, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (26) | 31

(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

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 27, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (25) | 12

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.

Arctic heats up more than other places

Space & Earth / Environment

Jan 16, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (19) | 11

Temperature change in the Arctic is happening at a greater rate than other places in the Northern Hemisphere, and this is expected to continue in the future.

Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say Penn environmental scientists

Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say environmental scientists

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 10, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (13) | 2

An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century ...

Sea Level Is Rising Along U.S. Atlantic Coast, According to New Data Analysis

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 03, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (13) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century ...

First comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 01, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (12) | 3

The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The review - Antarctic ...

Researchers Study Coastal Hazards of Increasing Wave Heights, Rising Sea Levels

Space & Earth / Environment

Oct 10, 2008 | 3.3 / 5 (14) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- While hurricanes Gustav and Ike were pummeling the Gulf Coast with rains and record flooding, researchers at Oregon State University were studying why wave heights in the Pacific Ocean have been increasing ...