Antarctica ice melting increased by 280% in last 16 years, study says
Yearly loss of ice from Antarctica has increased by an alarming rate of 280 per cent between 2001 and 2017, according to a study which showed that accelerated melting caused global sea levels to rise more
View ArticleBangladesh at risk as Greenland ice melting faster: Scientists
Greenland is melting faster than scientists previously thought, with the pace of ice loss increasing four-fold since 2003, new research has found. The research provides fresh evidence of the dangers
View ArticleSolid Earth change and the evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet
Recent studies suggest that Antarctica has the potential to contribute up to ~15 m of sea-level rise over the next few centuries.
View ArticleAustralian researchers find huge lakes beneath largest east Antarctic glacier
Australian researchers have discovered huge underwater lakes beneath the largest glacier in east Antarctica. The lakes were detected by scientists setting off small explosives 2m below the surface of
View ArticleNetwork of lakes found beneath Antarctica glacier
Scientists have discovered a network of lakes beneath the largest glacier in East Antarctica, a finding that may be critical in predicting how the melting of polar ice will change the world’s oceans in
View ArticleMelting glaciers contribute a third of sea-level rise
Last January, a study in Nature Climate Change showed the world's glaciers are the smallest they've been in human history, revealing radiocarbon material that hasn't been exposed for 40,000 years. Now,
View ArticleNew elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise...
Most estimates of global mean sea-level rise this century fall below 2 m. This quantity is comparable to the positive vertical bias of the principle digital elevation model (DEM) used to assess
View ArticleState of the climate in 2020
An international, peer-reviewed publication released each summer, the State of the Climate is the authoritative annual summary of the global climate published as a supplement to the Bulletin of the...
View ArticleBlack carbon footprint of human presence in Antarctica
Black carbon (BC) from fossil fuel and biomass combustion darkens the snow and makes it melt sooner. The BC footprint of research activities and tourism in Antarctica has likely increased as human...
View ArticleState of the climate in 2022: special supplement to the Bulletin of the...
This is the 33rd issuance of the annual assessment now known as State of the Climate, published in the Bulletin since 1996. As a supplement to the Bulletin, its foremost function is to document the status
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