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THE Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin reports that American negotiators will bring an emissions reduction target with them to the Copenhagen climate-change talks, even though Congress won't yet have passed the cap-and-trade legislation that turns such...
Tags: Polar ice packs, ice sheet, Glaciology, East Antarctic, Global warming, antarctic ice, Climate change, Senate Republicans, Environment, change sceptics, Juliet Eilperin, sea level, allnews, Barack Obama, Washington, West Antarctic Ice Sheet, If, Antarctic ice sheet, American, East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Warming diagnosis: beyond worst case
Nuuk :: Greenland | 4 days ago
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KEY climate change measures are tracking near or beyond worse-case scenarios predicted just two years ago, according to a science update drawing on more than 200 recently published studies. Co-authored by 26 climate scientists, The Copenhagen Diagnosis...
Tags: ice sheets, antarctic ice, West Antarctic, East Antarctic, Greenland, Nuuk, Environment, Climate change, Global warming, Effects of global warming, Current sea level rise, West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Carbon finance, IPCC Third Assessment Report, East Antarctic Ice Sheet, Greenland ice sheet, Global cooling, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Tipping point, Antarctic ice sheet, Scientific opinion on climate change, Glaciology, Greenhouse gases, Ice sheet
World's largest ice sheet melting faster than expected
Nuuk :: Greenland | 5 days ago
Credibility The world's largest ice sheet has started to melt along its coastal fringes, raising fears that global sea levels will rise faster than scientists expected. The East Antarctic ice sheet, which makes up three-quarters of the continent's 14,000 sq km, is...
Tags: West Antarctica, ice sheet, antarctic ice, East Antarctic, losing mass, ice loss, Greenland, Nuuk, Environment, Climate change, Oceanography, Glaciology, Antarctic ice sheet, Global warming, Current sea level rise, West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Ice sheets, Sea level, Greenland ice sheet, Interglacial, Effects of global warming, Antarctica, Eemian, Glaciers of Antarctica, Ice ages, Pleistocene
Ancient ecosystem under a glacier
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility The rusty water comes from a subterranean pool where bacteria have been isolated for up to 2 million years. Photograph: Science An ancient ecosystem that has thrived in isolation for millions of years has been discovered in a pool of dark, salty water...
Tags: Antarctica, East Antarctic, antarctic glacier, antarctic ice, ancient ecosystem, ice sheet, iron compounds
Scientists find 'Alps' deep under ice sheet
London :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
Credibility Alps buried more than two miles under the Antarctic ice sheet. Researchers flew aircraft 75,000 miles over six weeks, braving average temperatures of -30C, as they mapped the Gamburtsev range. They expected a plateau, but instead found a range similar...
Tags: antarctic ice, ice sheets, Antarctica, mountains range, East Antarctic
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