News tagged with levels rise

Study shows global glaciers, ice caps, shedding billions of tons of mass annually

Earth's glaciers and ice caps outside of the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of ice annually, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Americans' knowledge of polar regions up, but not their concern

Americans' knowledge of facts about the polar regions of the globe has increased since 2006, but this increase in knowledge has not translated into more concern about changing polar environments, according to new research ...

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Living on the edge: An innovative model of mangrove-hammock boundaries in Florida

The key to understanding how future hurricanes and sea level rise may trigger changes to South Florida's native coastal forests lurks below the surface, according to a new model linking coastal forests to groundwater. Just ...

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Climate balancing: Sea-level rise vs. surface temperature change rates

Engineering our way out of global climate warming may not be as easy as simply reducing the incoming solar energy, according to a team of University of Bristol and Penn State climate scientists. Designing the approach to ...

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New technology used to record Antarctic Ocean, ice temperatures

Half-mile long thermometers have been dropped through the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica that will give the world relevant data on sea and ice temperatures for tracking climate change and its effect on the glacial ...

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created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

NASA: Climate change may bring big ecosystem changes

(PhysOrg.com) -- By 2100, global climate change will modify plant communities covering almost half of Earth's land surface and will drive the conversion of nearly 40 percent of land-based ecosystems from one ...

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created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 13

Bay wetlands may face losing battle against sea level rise

(PhysOrg.com) -- San Francisco Bay's tidal marshes may face a grave threat from sea level rise in the next century, according to a new study published by a group of scientists, including Professor of Biology ...

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created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Paleoclimate record points toward potential rapid climate changes

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research into the Earth's paleoclimate history by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies director James E. Hansen suggests the potential for rapid climate changes this century, including ...

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Tropical sea temperatures influence melting in Antarctica

Accelerated melting of two fast-moving outlet glaciers that drain Antarctic ice into the Amundsen Sea Embayment is likely the result, in part, of an increase in sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, according ...

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created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

People matter in climate change models

Climate change does not discriminate among regions or their inhabitants, but the continued growth of the human population will most likely contribute to the ill-effects of climate change. US researchers writing in the International Jo ...

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created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bleak future for Bay area tidal marshes?

A new study, led by PRBO Conservation Science (PRBO), projects a bleak future for San Francisco Bay's tidal marshes under high-end sea-level rise scenarios that are increasingly likely. PRBO and colleagues found that in the ...

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Antarctic rocks help predict sea levels

Ancient rocks embedded in the West Antarctic ice sheet could help University scientists improve sea level predictions.

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Auditing the Earth's sea-level and energy budgets

An international research team has balanced the sea-level rise budget by showing that the total amount of contributions to sea level rise explains the measured rise over recent decades.

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Dispute erupts on timing of global climate pact

(AP) -- Small developing countries are protesting calls by Russia and Japan to delay a global climate change agreement.

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Sea levels will continue to rise for 500 years: study

Rising sea levels in the coming centuries is perhaps one of the most catastrophic consequences of rising temperatures. Massive economic costs, social consequences and forced migrations could result from global ...

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created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 9