AvatarDerek EvansFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGreenland’s Melting Ice Sheet Is Causing a Vegetation Boom, Climate Experts Are Worriedtechtimes.comGreenland's icy landscape is rapidly transforming, with melting ice giving rise to widespread vegetation, prompting concerns about climate change's …
AvatarDerek EvansAvatarAvatarCalifornia-size Antarctic ice sheet once thought stable may actually be at tipping point for collapseLive Science - By Ben TurnerResearchers have discovered the base of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, which holds enough ice to raise sea levels by as much as 10 feet, may already be …
AvatarDerek EvansAvatarAvatarThe Arctic permafrost is 1,000 years old. As it thaws, scientists worry what it might unleashverified_publisherUSA TODAY - Tom Vanden BrookIn one troubling case, dozens of people were sickened − and thousands of reindeer were killed − when anthrax spores emerged from the thawing permafrost in an Arctic region of Siberia. WASHINGTON — Deadly pathogens lying dormant in centuries-old Arctic permafrost could become the latest threat from …
AvatarDerek EvansAvatarAvatarThe continued rise in CO2 is unacceptable. This insanity cannot continueverified_publisherEuronews - By Prof Julie Brigham-Grette, Prof Martin SiegertThe cryosphere — Earth’s ice sheets, sea ice, permafrost, polar oceans, glaciers and snow — is ground zero for climate change, and it pays no …
AvatarDerek EvansAvatarAvatarWe can't stop Antarctica from melting, as scientists warn we are entering "uncharted territory"verified_publisherSalon - By Matthew RozsaImagine a future in which sea level rise is so severe that apocalyptic floods are a regular occurrence. Hundreds of millions are displaced as their coastal regions become uninhabitable, and as humanity struggles to survive, the map of the Earth's southernmost region gets radically redrawn. …
AvatarDerek EvansAvatarAvatarRapid melting in West Antarctica is ‘unavoidable,’ with potentially disastrous consequences for sea level rise, study findsverified_publisherCNNCNN — Rapid melting of West Antarctica’s ice shelves may now be unavoidable as human-caused global warming accelerates, with potentially devastating implications for sea level rise around the world, new research has found. Even if the world meets ambitious targets to limit global heating, West …
AvatarDerek EvansFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWe have a very small opportunity to save Greenland's ice sheet, study claimsbgr.com - Joshua HawkinsOur planet’s ice sheets are melting. The glaciers found in Greenland and the Arctic are slowly melting, lowering their solidity as global …
AvatarDerek EvansAvatarAvatarAntarctic sea ice melts to all-time record low for winter. Here's why that's concerning.verified_publisherUSA TODAY - Doyle RiceAntarctic sea ice recently reached an all-time record wintertime low, scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced. The mark was set "by a wide margin," the center said in a release, adding that the amount of ice was "far outside anything observed in the 45-year modern satellite …
AvatarDerek EvansAvatarAvatarAntarctica experienced the sharpest heatwave ever seen on Earth last year, researchers sayTechSpot - Daniel SimsThe big picture: Temperatures in East Antarctica were 70 degrees Fahrenheit above normal last March, likely thanks to an abnormal shift in the air …
AvatarDerek EvansFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoU.S. cancels or curtails half of its Antarctic research projectsscience.org - Jeffrey MervisMarine biologist Michelle Shero had every reason to expect this to be a better year on the Antarctic ice. Since receiving a 5-year, $1.1 million grant …
AvatarDerek EvansAvatarAvatarThe ‘Forever’ Glaciers of America’s West Aren’t Forever Anymoreverified_publisherThe New York Times - Somini SenguptaClimate change is melting the ice on Mount Rainier. The environmental effects will be widespread, a Park Service study warned. Once, there were 29. Now at least one is gone, maybe three. Those that remain are almost half the size they used to be. Mount Rainier is losing its glaciers. That is all the …
AvatarDerek EvansAvatarAvatarEven Dimming The Sun Wouldn't Save Antarctica's Ice Now, Scientists Sayverified_publisherScienceAlert - Tessa KoumoundourosGeoengineering is often presented as a last-resort technological fix to the climate crisis that can still swoop in and save the day. But new models …