GREENLAND OR WHITELAND?
Tags: GLOBAL warming; CARBON dioxide; ICE sheets; SEA level
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- Antarctic stability. // Science Teacher;Feb99, Vol. 66 Issue 2, p9
Discloses that study findings confirm the stability of the West Antarctic ice sheet, the largest grounded repository of ice on Earth. Absence of evidence that the ice is melting; Concerns over the possible effect of global warming on the ice sheet; Reasons given for increase in sea level.
- Washed off the map. Pearce, Fred // New Scientist;11/25/2000, Vol. 168 Issue 2266, p5
Focuses on an unpublished report concerning global warming. Prediction that global warming could trigger a rise in sea levels which would flood much of the world's most populated regions; Irreversible effects if the Greenland ice sheet melts; Outlook.
- Flood risk from Antarctic ice 'overestimated'. // New Scientist;5/23/2009, Vol. 202 Issue 2709, p15
The article discusses a study on the risk of an increase in sea level brought about by the collapse of some parts of the West Antarctic ice sheet, conducted by Jonathan Bamber at the University of Bristol in England. According to Bamber, one-third of the ice sheet might remain as the climate...
- Warming Temperatures Endanger Coastlines. // USA Today Magazine;Jun2006, Vol. 134 Issue 2733, p7
The article focuses on the risk posed by the Earth's warming temperatures according to the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets will possibly melt sooner than previously thought and ultimately could lead to a global sea level of about...
- Sleeping giants. // New Scientist;2/12/2005, Vol. 185 Issue 2486, p9
This article reports that West Antarctic ice sheet is on the slide. While the east Antarctic ice sheet sits on land, the west Antarctic ice sheet rests mostly on a part of the continental shelf that is below sea level. If the entire ice sheet slides off the continental shelf, iceberg by iceberg,...
- Comparing Earth's Sea-Level and Energy Budgets. // CO2 Science;01/15/2012, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p4
This article discusses research study being done on the earth's sea-level and energy budgets from 1961 to 2008. It references a study by J. A. Church et al., published in the journal "Geophysical Research Letters" in 2011. The authors consider the sea-level rise as an important aspect of climate...
- Going, going�. Ananthaswamy, Anil // New Scientist;7/4/2009, Vol. 203 Issue 2715, p28
This article investigates the rise of the sea level as more and more glaciers melt into the ocean. It relates global warming to the increasing amounts of ice melting from the Greenland ice sheet. It raises the need to curb emissions of greenhouse gases to address global warming. In addition, the...
- Peering beneath Antarctic glaciers could improve melting models. Ananthaswamy, Anil // New Scientist;2/2/2008, Vol. 197 Issue 2641, p12
The article reports on determining the effects of global warming by the ice measurements on the Pine Island glacier of the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS) in Antarctica. The glaciers have ice-shelves which are thought to slow its flow of acceleration. If the ice-shelf "plug" breaks up, around a...
- Rapid sea-level rise and reef back-stepping at the close of the last interglacial highstand. Blanchon, Paul; Eisenhauer, Anton; Fietzke, Jan; Liebetrau, Volker // Nature;4/16/2009, Vol. 458 Issue 7240, p881
Widespread evidence of a +4�6-m sea-level highstand during the last interglacial period (Marine Isotope Stage 5e) has led to warnings that modern ice sheets will deteriorate owing to global warming and initiate a rise of similar magnitude by ad 2100 (ref. 1). The rate of this projected rise is...
