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More Melt Than Ever

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Climatologists have discovered that West Antarctica is warming TWICE as fast as they previously thought it was.

This unexpectedly big increase adds to fears the ice sheet will thaw, causing the sea level to rise and drown coastal cities all over the world. West Antarctica holds enough ice to raise world sea levels by 11 feet if it...

How Much is the Earth Melting?

Thursday, December 13, 2012

We didn't really know--until now. The ocean, which has risen an average of 8 inches since 1900, should rise another 3 feet or so by 2100, but without an accurate record of where we started, we can't know if the melting starts to speed up or (hopefully) slow down.

On the Climate Central website, Michael D. Lemonick quotes researcher...

Only 4 Years Left?

Thursday, September 20, 2012

One of the world's leading ice experts has predicted the final collapse of Arctic sea ice in summer months within four years. That's earlier than the Earth's predicted demise in December of 2012, but it could be a major cause of it.

In the September 17th...

New Whitley Strieber Insight on Climate

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

In his dynamic new Insight, Whitley Strieber points out that time is running out--it's time for big business AND environmentalists to WORK TOGETHER to...

NASA Spots Arctic Melt

Thursday, August 23, 2012

NASA doesn't just search for life on other planets, its satellites also search the Earth for evidence of melting glaciers. Their "IceSat," which uses lasers to measure the thickness of ice, has discovered that Arctic ice is vanishing 50% faster than expected--at a...

The Bottom of the Earth is in Trouble Too

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Greenland isn't the only place where glaciers are in trouble: While the TOP of the Earth is melting, the BOTTOM of the Earth--the Antarctic--is in trouble too. The polar regions are the most sensitive places...

Horror Movies May Come to Life

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Is the horror of the "Creature From the Black Lagoon" in our future? As...

Do We Still Have a Chance?

Monday, September 12, 2011

When it comes to climate change, the answer is probably "no." Unknowncountry.com's Climate Watch warned that extreme summer ice melt this year will be accompanied by methane outgassing that will, in...

Glacier Melt--Good for Big Business, Bad for Drowning Residents

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The Arctic is melting, but not everyone is worried--in fact, it's opening up large reserves of oil and minerals that are causing a "cold rush" by various countries who want to mine the area. It may even lead to a new "cold war:" The US recently...

It's snowing bacteria!

Thursday, June 9, 2011

A study of hailstones has found large numbers of bacteria at their cores. It turns out that the bacteria help create the snow and hail, since their coating of protein causes water to freeze at relatively warm temperatures. In fact, bacteria works so well that it's used in snow-making machines.

It Could Happen Here

Thursday, February 24, 2011

The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand on Feb. 22 demonstrates the vulnerability of urban centers with important lessons for the US. And a 30 million ton block of ice sheared off a New Zealand glacier just minutes after the violent earthquake there. Civil engineer Thomas D. O'Rourke says, "Some reasons for the...

Greenland Glacier Growing BIGGER

Thursday, February 10, 2011

While most glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, one of them is growing bigger--ALSO as a result of climate change. Hotter summers may actually slow down the melting rate of glaciers. Researchers have learned that...

We Set a Record

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Greenland's ice sheet, which could be a major cause of rising sea levels, melted at a record rate in 2010. And a look at an ice field atop the highest mountain in the eastern European Alps suggests that the glacier may hold records of ancient climate extending back as much as a...

A Glacier Calves

Monday, August 16, 2010

And gives birth to a BIG one! - An "ice island" four times the size of Manhattan has calved from a glacier in Greenland. The last time the Arctic lost such a large chunk of ice was in 1962.

The Petermann Glacier, the parent of the new ice island, is one of the two largest remaining glaciers in Greenland that terminate in...

How to Stop the Melt

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, threatening to raise sea levels and drown coastal cities. Now a German geologist has developed a method to slow down, or even stop, the melt.

Researcher Hans-Joachim Fuchs wants to install fans on melting glaciers that will blow cold air from the glacier onto the dissolving ice, slowing down (or...

Glacier Melt in Europe Too

Monday, March 24, 2008

The rate at which glaciers are melting all over the world has more than doubled, and some of the biggest melts are occurring in mountain ranges in Europe, not in the Arctic or Antarctica, where you would expect most of it to be happening.

BBC News quotes UN Under Secretary Achim Steiner as saying, "There are many canaries emerging in the...

Unexpected Glacier Melt May Drown Vast Areas

Thursday, December 7, 2000

Word has just leaked out that the ice sheet that covers Greenland is melting. This means we could face a rise in sea levels that will flood huge areas in the world?s most populated regions, according to a report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Dozens of countries may be wiped off the map.

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