Washed off the map
Tags: GLOBAL warming; GLOBAL temperature changes; ICE sheets; SEA level
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- 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,...
- 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...
- 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.
- The Big Break. Cabral, Elena // Scholastic News -- Edition 5/6;4/21/2008, Vol. 76 Issue 22, p6
The article reports on a chunk of ice that broke off the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctic. The ice shelf is hundreds of years old, and some melting is expected to happen naturally. But in March 2008, scientists say a chunk of ice covering 160 square miles broke away from the shelf. Only a thin...
- Meltdown. // Current Events;4/21/2006, Vol. 105 Issue 24, p1
The article presents information on global warming, which is causing the sea levels to rise. The results of the ice sheets at the Earth's north and south poles melting at the present rate is unimaginable. The sea levels can rise between 13 and 20 feet in the next century, according to climate...
- Too late to escape climate disaster? Pearce, Fred // New Scientist;8/18/2007, Vol. 195 Issue 2617, p13
The article reports that climatologists studying global warming are having problems with their prediction models. Tim Lenton of the University of East Anglia in Great Britain warned that global warming might trigger tipping points that could cause runaway warming or catastrophic sea-level rise....
- GREENLAND OR WHITELAND? Schneider, David // American Scientist;Sep/Oct2003, Vol. 91 Issue 5, p406
Analyzes the changes in Greenland in relation to global warming. Findings of a study on the changes in Greenland ice sheet related to global warming; Effect of global warming on sea level; Notions about the impact of global warming on the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
- When Greenland ice melts. Hvidberg, Christine Schott // Nature;4/6/2000, Vol. 404 Issue 6778, p551
Attempts to determine the magnitude of the expected rise of sea levels due to global warming. Identification of the cause of the six-meter surge in sea levels during the last interglacial period; Correlation of changes in the size of glaciers and ice sheets with climatic changes; Contributions...
- 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...
