by faster | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: NASA DATE: June 19, 2019 SNIP: In the next 200 years, the ice sheet model shows that melting at the present rate could contribute 19 to 63 inches to global sea level rise, said the team led by scientists at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska...
by faster | Mar 7, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: New Scientist DATE: March 7, 2019 DATE: Rain is becoming more common across Greenland’s ice sheet and it may be playing an important role in rising sea levels. Greenland’s 660,000-square mile ice sheet contains enough fresh water to flood coastal cities around...
by faster | Jan 25, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Pacific Standard and New York Times DATE: January 25, 2019 SNIP: This week, researchers warned that Greenland’s ice sheet has reached a tipping point. Looking at more than a decade’s worth of ice loss, an international team of scientists found that...
by faster | Jan 21, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Ohio State News and National Geographic DATE: January 21, 2019 SNIP: Greenland is melting faster than scientists previously thought—and will likely lead to faster sea level rise—thanks to the continued, accelerating warming of the Earth’s atmosphere, a new...
by faster | Dec 6, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Popular Science DATE: December 6, 2018 SNIP: Greenland is losing its cool. That’s not much of a surprise—its mile-thick sheet of ice was not made for this epoch of climate change. But that cool is getting shredded faster than we think. According to new...