by faster | Aug 21, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Phys.org DATE: August 21, 2020 SNIP: Greenland’s massive ice sheet saw a record net loss of 532 billion tonnes last year, raising red flags about accelerating sea level rise, according to new findings. That is equivalent to an additional three million...
by faster | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: August 17, 2020 SNIP: The Trump administration is taking the final steps to let oil and gas companies drill in the Arctic national wildlife refuge – which environment advocates call the nation’s “last great wilderness”. The US interior...
by faster | Aug 13, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Phys.org DATE: August 13, 2020 SNIP: Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet would continue shrinking. The finding, published today,...
by faster | Aug 11, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Inside Climate News DATE: August 11, 2020 SNIP: The thickening atmospheric stew of greenhouse gases is punching holes in Arctic sea ice, leading it to crumble at a rapidly increasing rate. Last spring, ponds of meltwater on the ice sped the melting of the...
by faster | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Reuters DATE: August 6, 2020 SNIP: The last fully intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic has collapsed, losing more than 40% of its area in just two days at the end of July, researchers said on Thursday. The Milne Ice Shelf is at the fringe of Ellesmere...
