Greenland's Ice Melt Grew by 250 Percent, Satellites Show
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The island is losing ice at a rate of 59 cubic miles (248 cubic kilometers) a year, contributing to a rise in global sea levels, experts report.
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland The signs of global warming and its effects on Earth&#39;s ice caps are more apparent. But despite the fresh evidence in a recently released report, the United States and other members of the
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Arctic sea ice in winter is melting far faster than before, two new NASA studies reported Wednesday, a new and alarming trend that researchers say threatens the ocean's delicate ecosystem.
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Ice is sooo last season The higher peaks of the Greenland icesheet spent longer melting this summer than any summer since 1988, according to a NASA funded study. The research revealed that enough snow melted in Greenland this year to cover the surface of the USA more than two times over*.â¦
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Arctic sea ice shrank to the smallest area on record this year, researchers in the US confirm.
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The ice loss from the measured glaciers corresponds to an annual sea-level rise of .008 inches (.2 millimeters) or more than 10 percent of the total global increase of about .
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Residents of Ilulissat, the town on Greenland's western coast famed for the majestic icebergs that glide through its icefjord, nearly choked on their morning coffee as they read the news: the town's biggest attraction was melting away.
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A thaw of the Arctic icecap is accelerating because of global warming but nations in the region including the United States are deadlocked about how to stop it.
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Some of Antarctica's glaciers are melting faster than snow can replace them, enough to raise sea levels measurably, scientists reported on Friday.
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Switzerland's glaciers are melting faster than expected, shrinking by as much as one-fifth of their size over the 1985-2000 period alone, scientists at Zurich University said on Monday.
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The glaciers in West Antarctica have substantially increased their rate of shrinkage compared with the 1990s. US-Chilean teams report to the journal Science that the glaciers are losing 60% more ice into the
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The Arctic ice cap is melting faster than scientists had expected and will shrink 40 percent by 2050 in most regions, with grim consequences for polar bears, walruses and other marine animals, according to government researchers.
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Glaciers once held up by a floating ice shelf off Antarctica are now sliding off into the sea -- and they are going fast, scientists said on Tuesday.
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Global warming (news - web sites) is melting the Arctic ice faster than expected, and the world&#39;s oceans could rise by about a meter (3 feet
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A study conducted by the Arctic Council which consists of about 300 internationals researches, have stated that the ice cap is warming at twice the global rate.
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NASA, Canadian, and European satellites have observed worrying increases in the flow of glaciers into the open ocean, following the breakup of ice shelves in Antarctica.
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â¢ Glaciers in the Antarctic and Greenland are melting much faster than expected, and the world&#39;s fastest-receding glacier, the Grand Pacific in Glacier Bay, Alaska, has doubled its rate.