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Ice sheet modeling of Greenland, Antarctica helps predict sea-level rise
Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets will make a dominant contribution to 21st century sea-level rise if current climate trends continue. However, predicting ...
150,000 Antarctica penguins die after iceberg grounding: study
Feb 14, 2016 (AFP)
Some 150,000 penguins died after a massive iceberg grounded near their colony in Antarctica, forcing them to make a lengthy trek to find food, scientists say in...
How stable is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Feb 12, 2016 (SPX)
A future warming of the Southern Ocean caused by rising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere may severely disrupt the stability of the West Antarctic...
Penguin parents: Inability to share roles increases their vulnerability to climate change
Feb 12, 2016 (SPX)
The fixed division of labour between crested penguin parents increases their chicks' vulnerability to food shortages made ever more common by climate change. Th...
Clams help date duration of ancient methane seeps in the Arctic
Feb 12, 2016 (SPX)
Clams, mussels, scallops and oysters, sound like delicious items on a restaurant menu. But bivalves such as these are much more than that: they function as a de...
Mysterious menominee crack is unusual geological pop-up feature
Feb 11, 2016 (SPX)
Seismologists studying a massive crack in the ground that appeared north of Menominee, Michigan in 2010 now think they know what the unusual feature might be. B...
The shield is crumbling
Feb 11, 2016 (SPX)
The results of Dr. Furst's research, carried out in collaboration with Antarctic experts from Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE...
Antarctic ice safety band at risk
Feb 09, 2016 (ESA)
Antarctica is surrounded by huge ice shelves. New research, using ice velocity data from satellites such as ESA's heritage Envisat, has revealed that there is a...
New 'Little Ice Age' coincides with fall of Eastern Roman Empire and growth of Arab Empire
Feb 09, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from the international Past Global Changes (PAGES) project write in the journal Nature Geoscience that they have identified an unprecedented, long-l...
Scientists map movement of Greenland Ice during past 9,000 years
Feb 05, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists have created the first map that shows how the Greenland Ice Sheet has moved over time, revealing that ice in the interior is moving more slowly towar...
Antarctic study identifies melting ice sheet's role in sea level rise
Feb 04, 2016 (SPX)
Loss of ice in Antarctica caused by a warming ocean could raise global sea levels by three metres, research suggests. Scientists carrying out fieldwork in the r...
Greenland model could help estimate sea level rise
Feb 04, 2016 (SPX)
University of Alaska Fairbanks mathematicians and glaciologists have taken a first step toward understanding how glacier ice flowing off Greenland affects sea l...
Denmark to chair Nordic Defense Cooperation in 2016
Feb 01, 2016 (UPI)
Denmark will succeed Sweden in chairing the Nordic Defense Cooperation, which will deepen cooperation on logistics among member states. The chairmanship will be...
New gravity dataset will help unveil the Antarctic continent
Jan 26, 2016 (SPX)
More than 50 scientists from research institutions in eight countries, among others Germany, UK, USA and Russia have been actively collaborating since 2003 to m...
Melting Greenland ice sheet may affect global ocean circulation, future climate
Jan 26, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists from the University of South Florida, along with colleagues in Canada and the Netherlands, have determined that the influx of fresh water from the Gr...
Mounting evidence suggests early agriculture staved off global cooling
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
A new analysis of ice-core climate data, archeological evidence and ancient pollen samples strongly suggests that agriculture by humans 7,000 years ago likely s...
Ancient underwater volcanoes may have ended 'Snowball Earth'
Jan 19, 2016 (UPI)
Researchers say underwater volcanoes are responsible for ending one of Earth's most intense ice ages, known as "Snowball Earth." Between 720 to 640 million year...
Explosive underwater volcanoes were a major feature of 'Snowball Earth'
Jan 19, 2016 (SPX)
Around 720-640 million years ago, much of the Earth's surface was covered in ice during a glaciation that lasted millions of years. Explosive underwater volcano...
Study finds high melt rates on Antarctica's most stable ice shelf
Jan 15, 2016 (SPX)
A new Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego-led study measured a melt rate that is 25 times higher than expected on one part of the Ross Ice Shelf...
World's largest canyon could be hidden under Antarctic ice sheet
Jan 14, 2016 (SPX)
The world's largest canyon may lie under the Antarctic ice sheet, according to analysis of satellite data by a team of scientists, led by Durham University. Alt...
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