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Ice age data raises new concerns about future ice melt, rising sea levels

Science News // 1 year ago

Ice age data raises new concerns about future ice melt, rising sea levels

Ice age data has revealed a large ice sheet covering Eurasia retreated at the rate of 2,000 feet per day, raising new concerns about future ice sheet retreat and rising sea levels.

Patagonia's ice sheets are more massive than scientists thought

Science News // 4 years ago

Patagonia's ice sheets are more massive than scientists thought

The slabs of ice that stretch across vast portions of Argentina and Chile are bigger and thicker than scientists thought, according to a seven-year survey of Patagonia's ice.

The rate of ice loss in Greenland has increased six-fold since the 1980s

Science News // 5 years ago

The rate of ice loss in Greenland has increased six-fold since the 1980s

Greenland's rate of ice loss has increased six-fold over the last few decades, according to a new study.

Melting Antarctic glacier could increase global sea levels 8 feet

Science News // 5 years ago

Melting Antarctic glacier could increase global sea levels 8 feet

A large hole under an Antarctic glacier is a sign of rapid decay that could lead to dramatic sea level rise, a study says.

Antarctica is shedding six times more ice mass than it was 40 years ago

Science News // 5 years ago

Antarctica is shedding six times more ice mass than it was 40 years ago

Antarctica is melting and shedding ice at an accelerated clip. According to a new study, Antarctica is losing six times more ice mass than it was 40 years ago.

Deep seafloor valleys found beneath West Antarctic glaciers

Science News // 7 years ago

Deep seafloor valleys found beneath West Antarctic glaciers

New analysis of gravity data has revealed the presence of large seafloor valleys hiding beneath the glaciers of West Antarctica.

NASA: Collapsing ice sheets could accelerate sea level rise

Science News // 8 years ago

NASA: Collapsing ice sheets could accelerate sea level rise

NASA's scientists say current sea level models don't sufficiently account for the potential destabilization of polar ice sheets.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Antarctica's ice shelves melting from the bottom up

Many of Antarctica's ice shelves are melting away from the bottom up, research by a glacial expert at the University of California, Irvine, indicates.

Science News // 1 decade ago

NASA: Greenland's glaciers melting quickly

NASA scientists say glaciers in west Greenland are melting 100 times faster at their end points beneath the ocean than they are at their surfaces.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Antarctic ice loss greater than thought

A U.S.-led study determined Antarctic ice loss has increased by 75 percent during the last 10 years due to a speed up in the flow of its glaciers.

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Something must be changing the ocean to trigger such changes
Report: Antarctica melting accelerated Jan 14, 2008

These two papers clearly illustrate, for the first time, the relationship between ice shelf collapses caused by climate warming, and accelerated glacier flow
Glacial surge seen when ice shelf broke Sep 21, 2004

At low latitudes, glacial changes are pronounced, uncontested and solid evidence of climate warming
Antarctic glaciers shrinking Dec 10, 2001

My study shows that a number of areas previously believed to be gaining mass in the Antarctic are in fact close to being balanced or even losing mass
Antarctic glaciers shrinking Dec 10, 2001

Eric Rignot is Professor of Earth system science at the University of California, Irvine and principal scientist for the Radar Science and Engineering Section at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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