Scientists Search The Underside Of Glaciers For Clues To Sea Level Rise
Researchers are developing new techniques for studying glaciers to better understand how they interact with the oceans.
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Half Of The World’s Glaciers Will Vanish With 1.5 Degrees of Warming
In the Himalayas, not far from the base of Mount Everest, lies the Imja-Lhotse Shar Glacier, where David Rounce conducted his doctoral research. From 2013 to 2017, Rounce and his team visited Nepal to measure the glacier as it rapidly receded — and as the lake at its base grew. … [continued]
3D Radar Scan Provides Clues About Threats To Iconic Alaskan Glacier
Mapping a large coastal glacier in Alaska revealed that its bulk sits below sea level and is undercut by channels, making it vulnerable to accelerated melting in an already deteriorating coastal habitat.
Antarctica Is Melting. It Has Happened Before
Climate researchers using sophisticated new tools are discovering what is driving changes in the Antarctica ice sheet.
Antarctica’s Melting Ice Shelves Are Dangerous
As meltwater rushes through the cracks in the Antarctic ice shelves, it can destroy the ice shelves in minutes or hours. This is amplified by the warming atmosphere, and as the warming continues, this phenomenon may happen more often than not.
My Personal History With Global Warming
I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia from 1964–1966. Being an avid skier from the Adirondack Mountains in New York, I wanted to test my skills at the highest ski resort in the world, Mount Chacaltaya, a 45-minute drive from the capital of Bolivia, La Paz. At 18,000 feet above sea level, Chacaltaya rises well above the tree line. A small shack at 12,000 feet, warmed by a wood stove, housed used skis, moldy leather boots, bags of salted yucca chips, and bottled water.
Antarctica Is Melting Like Never Before
A new paper has emerged with fresh data from NASA providing a visual of Antarctica’s rapidly melting ice.
Last Month in Climate Science: More Injury-Related Deaths, Mass Seabird Die-Off, River Ice Disappearing
Every month, climate scientists make new discoveries that advance our understanding of climate change’s causes and impacts. The research gives a clearer picture of the threats we already face and explores what’s to come if we don’t reduce emissions at a quicker pace.
Full Fledged 5 Alarm Climate Emergency In Antarctica
A new report by 84 climate scientists around the world warns that the pace of melting of the Antarctica ice sheet is accelerating. Sea level rise of 4 feet or more by the end of this century could be the result.
The Tectonic & Volcanic Events That Will Accompany The Melting Of The Ice Sheets —…
As the ice sheets of the world melt, an enormous amount of pressure will be lifted off of the continental crusts that play host to them, as well as the surrounding oceanic basins. Something similar is broadly true, but to a much lesser degree, of the world’s remaining large glaciers (think of the Himalayas).
