by faster | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Washington Post DATE: February 25, 2019 SNIP: A chasm and a crack on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica are creeping closer and closer to one another, and when the two finally meet, a slab of ice twice the size of New York City will break away and float out to...
by faster | Nov 12, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: NewsAsia DATE: November 13, 2018 SNIP: Even modest temperature rises agreed under an international plan to limit climate disaster could see the ice caps melt enough this century for their loss to be “irreversible”, experts warned on Monday (Nov...
by faster | Apr 19, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Inside Climate News DATE: April 19, 2018 SNIP: [T]emperatures are rising in the Arctic at about twice the global average. That causes melting around the edges of the ice sheet each year and reaches across more of the surface during summer heat waves. In areas...
by faster | Mar 28, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Inside Climate News DATE: March 28, 2018 SNIP: As the planet warms, giant icebergs and sea ice that once would have remained trapped in the frozen Arctic are moving southward faster and more frequently, menacing shipping and oil and gas drilling operations. In...
by faster | Mar 12, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: EOS DATE: March 12, 2018 SNIP: From bold purple to brilliant yellow-orange bursts, the map above pinpoints regions along coastal Antarctica that have recently experienced moderate to severe ice loss. The map’s surface ice velocities, measured in meters per...
