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11 months ago

Greenland lost 20% more ice than previously estimated: Study

Due to global warming, glaciers in Greenland are melting five times faster than 20 years ago, scientists from the University of Copenhagen revealed in November last year. According to a Reuters report, if the ancient ice sheet were to melt away completely, it would raise sea levels by at least 20 feet. The melting of Greenland’s ice sheet, the second-largest …

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11 months ago

Greenland has lost more ice than previously thought: study

The Hindu

Climate change has caused Greenland’s ice sheet to lose 20% more ice than previously thought, according to research published Wednesday that used satellite imagery to track the retreat of glaciers over the past four decades. Previous studies have found that about 5,000 gigatons of ice has been lost from the surface of the Greenland ice sheet in the past two …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Greenland glaciers melt five times faster than 20 years ago

The Hindu

Global warming has increased the speed at which glaciers in Greenland are melting by fivefold over the last 20 years, scientists from the University of Copenhagen said on Friday. Greenland's ice melt is of particular concern, as the ancient ice sheet holds enough water to raise sea levels by at least 20 feet if it were to melt away entirely. …

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1 year, 7 months ago

'Bad news': Unexpected melting of Greenland glacier could double sea-level rise projections

Raw Story

A glacier in the north of Greenland is melting faster and in a different way than scientists previously thought, and this has troubling implications for the future speed of global sea-level rise. The Petermann Glacier is a massive glacier in Northwest Greenland that contains enough ice to raise sea levels by a little more than a foot, the study authors …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Grounding line of Greenland's glacier found to shift during ocean's tidal cycles

The Hindu

Glaciologists have found the grounding line of Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland to shift substantially during tidal cycles, allowing warm seawater to intrude and melt ice at an accelerated rate. "Petermann's grounding line could be more accurately described as a grounding zone, because it migrates between 2 and 6 kilometers as tides come in and out," said lead author Enrico …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Warming-stoked tides eating huge holes in Greenland glacier

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Warming-stoked tides eating huge holes in Greenland glacier

LA Times

This Aug. 16, 2010, image provided by NASA Earth Observatory shows a piece of the Petermann Glacier that cracked in Greenland. Daily tides stoked with increasingly warmer water ate a hole taller than the Washington Monument at the bottom of one of Greenland’s major glaciers in the last couple of years, accelerating the retreat of a crucial part of the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Accelerating melt of ice sheets now 'unmistakable' 极地冰盖加速融化现在 “不容置疑”

China Daily

媒体英语 Accelerating melt of ice sheets now 'unmistakable' 极地冰盖加速融化现在 “不容置疑” Play audio file 如果你能用格陵兰岛和南极洲在过去30年里损失的冰做成一个正方体的冰块，这个冰块将高达2万米。 Satellites able to monitor the elevation and velocity of ice have been flying routinely over the poles, now, since the early 90s. 自上世纪90年代初以来，能够监测冰层高度和融化速度的卫星一直在极地上空定期飞行。一组名为 “冰盖质量平衡相互比对试验” 的科学家汇集了这些卫星记录的数据，以了解格陵兰岛和南极洲应对全球变暖的方式。 Combined, these ice sheets have lost 7,560 billion tonnes over the period. 冰盖融化目前占全球海平面上升的25%，这个数字还在攀升。“冰盖质量平衡相互比对试验” 研究小组说，冰盖融化速度的加快意味着不久之后，格陵兰岛和南极洲融化成水的冰就会成为使全球海平面上升的主要因素。词汇表 elevation 高度 velocity 速率，速度 routinely 常规地，定期地 …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Greenland's melt goes into hyper-drive with unprecedented ice loss in modern times

ABC

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are now losing more than three times as much ice a year as they were 30 years ago, according to a new, comprehensive international study. Key points: From 1992 to 1996, the two ice sheets — which hold 99 per cent the world's freshwater ice — shrank by more than 100 billion tonnes a …

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1 year, 8 months ago

‘Devastating’ melt of Greenland, Antarctic ice sheets found

Associated Press

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are now losing more than three times as much ice a year as they were 30 years ago, according to a new comprehensive international study. “This is a devastating trajectory,” said U.S. National Snow and Ice Center Deputy Lead Scientist Twila Moon, who wasn’t part of the study. “These rates of ice loss are …

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1 year, 11 months ago

2001 to 2011 warmest decade in the last millennium in central Greenland: Study

The Hindu

Scientists have found that the years 2001 to 2011 were the warmest in the last thousand years at high elevations of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The team of scientists led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany, reconstructed the temperature from a set of ice cores, unprecedented in length and quality, of the past 1,000 years, which revealed that today's warming …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Greenland could be vulnerable to climate change from both rising air and sea temperatures

Daily Mail

Climate change may be having more impact on the melting Greenland ice sheet than previously thought, new research suggests. 'But ice cubes in a drink will also melt faster if you stir the drink, and rising air temperatures in Greenland effectively result in a stirring of the ocean close to the ice sheet, causing faster melting of the ice sheet …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Scientists are listening to glaciers to discover the secrets of the oceans

CNN

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN initiative in partnership with Rolex. “If we want to sea-level rise … we need a way of monitoring these glacial systems and underwater sound could be an important and interesting way of doing it.” Deane, who has worked in the field of underwater sound for more than two decades, explains that there …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level by 10 inches

Live Mint

Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches -- more than twice as much as previously forecast — according to a study published Monday. “This ice has been consigned to the ocean, regardless of what climate scenario we take now.” Study lead author Jason Box, a glaciologist at the Greenland survey, said …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches

The Hindu

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches -- more than twice as much as previously forecast — according to a study published Monday. “This ice has been consigned to the ocean, regardless of what climate scenario we take now.” Study lead author Jason Box, a glaciologist at the Greenland survey, said …

Climate Change Climate Ice Study Sea Level Melting

2 years, 3 months ago

Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches

Associated Press

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches -- more than twice as much as previously forecast — according to a study published Monday. “This ice has been consigned to the ocean, regardless of what climate scenario we take now.” Study lead author Jason Box, a glaciologist at the Greenland survey, said …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Greenland ice losses set to raise global sea levels by nearly a foot, new research shows

CNN

CNN — Widespread ice losses from Greenland have locked in nearly a foot of global sea level rise that’s set to come in the near future – and new research suggests there is no way to stop it, even if the world stopped releasing planet-heating emissions today. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that the …

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2 years, 5 months ago

The amount of Greenland ice that melted last weekend could cover West Virginia in a foot of water

CNN

Pituffik, Greenland CNN — The water off the coast of northwest Greenland is a glass-like calm, but the puddles accumulating on the region’s icebergs are a sign that a transformation is underway higher on the ice sheet. The amount of ice that melted in Greenland between July 15 and 17 alone – 6 billion tons of water per day – …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Ice on the edge of survival: Warming is changing the Arctic

Associated Press

While conducting research in Greenland, ice scientist Twila Moon was struck this summer by what climate change has doomed Earth to lose and what could still be saved. The Arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the planet and is on such a knife’s edge of survival that the U.N. climate negotiations underway in Scotland this week …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Greenland rainfall has scientists worried about melting ice caps

ABC

Scientists say rain falling on Greenland's highest point for the first time on record is another worrying sign of warming for the ice sheet, which is melting at an increasing rate. Greenland ice melting unmatched Photo shows An aerial view showing the Greenland ice sheet meeting bare land. The Greenland ice sheet is now melting faster than any time in …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Arctic's 'Last Ice Area' shows earlier-than-expected melt

India Today

Part of the Arctic is nicknamed the “Last Ice Area,” because floating sea ice there is usually so thick that it’s likely to withstand global warming for decades. While scientists have said most of the Arctic could be free of summer sea ice by mid-century, the Last Ice Area was not part of that equation. In 2020, this area melted …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Arctic’s ‘Last Ice Area’ shows earlier-than-expected melt

Associated Press

Part of the Arctic is nicknamed the “Last Ice Area,” because floating sea ice there is usually so thick that it’s likely to withstand global warming for decades. While scientists have said most of the Arctic could be free of summer sea ice by mid-century, the Last Ice Area was not part of that equation. In the past, thicker Wandel …

Ice Area Sea Moore Greenland

3 years, 5 months ago

Arctic’s ‘Last Ice Area’ shows earlier-than-expected melt

LA Times

A polar bear sits atop a thick chunk of sea ice north of Greenland. Part of the Arctic is nicknamed the “Last Ice Area,” because floating sea ice there is usually so thick that it’s likely to withstand global warming for decades. While scientists have said most of the Arctic could be free of summer sea ice by midcentury, the …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Greenland ice sheet close to tipping into 'accelerated melting,' scientists conclude

Daily Mail

The Greenland ice sheet, the second largest on the planet, is close to reaching the tipping point of no return with 'accelerated melting,' a new study has found. If the troubling signs in this region were to happen to the entire ice sheet, causing it to melt completely, it could eventually raise global sea levels by 23ft. The researchers analyzed …

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Greenland lost 20% more ice than previously estimated: Study

Greenland has lost more ice than previously thought: study

Greenland glaciers melt five times faster than 20 years ago

'Bad news': Unexpected melting of Greenland glacier could double sea-level rise projections

Grounding line of Greenland's glacier found to shift during ocean's tidal cycles

Warming-stoked tides eating huge holes in Greenland glacier

Warming-stoked tides eating huge holes in Greenland glacier

Accelerating melt of ice sheets now 'unmistakable' 极地冰盖加速融化现在 “不容置疑”

Greenland's melt goes into hyper-drive with unprecedented ice loss in modern times

‘Devastating’ melt of Greenland, Antarctic ice sheets found

2001 to 2011 warmest decade in the last millennium in central Greenland: Study

Greenland could be vulnerable to climate change from both rising air and sea temperatures

Scientists are listening to glaciers to discover the secrets of the oceans

Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level by 10 inches

Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches

Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches

Greenland ice losses set to raise global sea levels by nearly a foot, new research shows

The amount of Greenland ice that melted last weekend could cover West Virginia in a foot of water

Ice on the edge of survival: Warming is changing the Arctic

Greenland rainfall has scientists worried about melting ice caps

Arctic's 'Last Ice Area' shows earlier-than-expected melt

Arctic’s ‘Last Ice Area’ shows earlier-than-expected melt

Arctic’s ‘Last Ice Area’ shows earlier-than-expected melt

Greenland ice sheet close to tipping into 'accelerated melting,' scientists conclude