Tag: Antarctica
Geologists Drill into Antarctica and Find Troubling Signs for Ice Sheets’ Future
New sediment cores from an Antarctic research drilling program suggest that the southernmost continent has had a more dynamic history than previously suspected
ERICE, Italy—If you think of Earth’s poles as fraternal twins, the Arctic has been the wild one in recent years, while the Antarctic has been a steady plodder. Withered by summer heat, Arctic [...]
Posted: May 2nd, 2010 under Climate Change, Climate Politics, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Antarctica, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, glacial melt, global warming, icesheet loss, science, sea level rise, West Antarctic
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EPA Confirms Climate IS Changing
In another display of the sea change that has occurred at the US Environmental Protection Agency under the current administration, a new report was issued yesterday regarding indicators of climate change. The report, entitled “Climate Change Indicators in the United States,” measures 24 separate indicators showing how climate change affects the health and environment of [...]
Posted: May 2nd, 2010 under Climate Change, Climate Politics, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Antarctica, arctic, Climate Change, glacial melt, global warming, Obama administration, sea level rise, stop climate change, United States
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Methane May Be Building Under Antarctic Ice
BALTIMORE — Microbes living under ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland could be churning out large quantities of the greenhouse gas methane, a new study suggests.
In recent years scientists have learned that liquid water lurks under much of Antarctica’s massive ice sheet, and so, they say, the potential microbial habitat in this watery world is [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2010 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Antarctica, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, global warming, greenland, icesheet loss, methane, methane clathrates, Tipping Points
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Where there is no sunlight, no food, frozen conditions – NASA finds complex life in Antarctica under the Ice Shelf
In a discovery at the bottom of the world that could have implications on the search for extraterrestrial life, researchers were astounded to find an amphipod swimming beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet.
The amphipod—a shrimp-like creature—was caught on video swimming 600 feet below the ice, where the NASA team expected to find no higher life [...]
Posted: March 18th, 2010 under General, Nature.
Tags: Antarctica, science
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What Do We Know About Climate Change?
Here Peter Sinclaire puts a case for ‘Climate Denial – Crock of the Week’
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Posted: March 5th, 2010 under Climate Change, Climate Politics, General, Nature.
Tags: Antarctica, arctic, Climate Change, global warming, greenhouse emissions, greenland, Ice free Arctic, icesheet loss, natural systems, science, sea level rise, West Antarctic
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All aboard, please take your seats and fasten your seatbelts. There is a 25% chance this plane will crash.
By Bob Williamson – Greenhouse Neutral Foundation
The reality of that welcome to us would be our reply, “I’m not getting on this flight!”
Yet we are all in fact on that flight with climate change and the plane has taken off.
Much has been promoted in the media lately that climate change science is somehow conspiring to [...]
Posted: February 27th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, Climate Politics, Foundation News, General, Green Living, Nature.
Tags: activism, Antarctica, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, climate change emissions reductions, finite resources, glacial melt, global warming, icesheet loss, methane, natural systems, resource depletion, stop climate change, Tipping Points
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The breakaway of a Mammoth iceberg scientist say could alter ocean circulation
An iceberg the size of Luxembourg knocked loose from the Antarctic continent earlier this month could disrupt the ocean currents driving weather patterns around the globe, researchers said Thursday.
While the impact would not be felt for decades or longer, a slowdown in the production of colder, dense water could result in less temperate winters in [...]
Posted: February 25th, 2010 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Antarctica, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, glacial melt, global warming, icesheet loss, science, sea level rise, Tipping Points
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The colder side of the Antarctic Peninsula now shows signs of melting
A new report of ice shelf changes along the southern, colder part of the Antarctic Peninsula reveal some dramatic losses of ice over the last 63 years that the researchers attribute to global warming.
The report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) compiles a wide variety of maps, aerial photos and satellite imagery to create a [...]
Posted: February 24th, 2010 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Antarctica, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, global warming, icesheet loss, science, sea level rise, Tipping Points
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Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse Possibly Triggered by Ocean Waves
Depicting a cause-and-effect scenario that spans thousands of miles, a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and his collaborators discovered that ocean waves originating along the Pacific coasts of North and South America impact Antarctic ice shelves and could play a role in their catastrophic collapse.
Peter Bromirski of Scripps Oceanography is [...]
Posted: February 14th, 2010 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Antarctica, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, global warming, Ross Ice Shelf, sea level rise, Tipping Points, West Antarctic
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National Geographic – Glaciers on the Antarctic peninsular are melting away at an alarming rate
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Posted: February 1st, 2010 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Antarctica, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, glacial melt, global warming, sea level rise, Tipping Points, West Antarctic
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