Showing posts with label sea level rise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sea level rise. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

NASA announces launch service for Arctic warming experiment, sea level rise

Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment)

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc., an aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider based in California, to provide the launch service for the agency's PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission.

Friday, April 21, 2023

Sea Ice In Antarctica Drops To Lowest Level In February 2022 As Sea Levels Rising - WMO

Sea Ice In Antarctica Drops To Lowest Level In February 2022 As Sea Levels Rising

Sea ice in Antarctica dropped to its lowest recorded level of 1.92 million square kilometers (741,316 square miles) as of February 25, 2022, further melting during the rest of last year with record lows for June and July, the annual report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.

Wednesday, September 07, 2022

Doomsday Glacier Holding On by Its Fingernails - Tasnim News Agency

Doomsday Glacier

The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, also known as the Doomsday Glacier, has been an elephant in the room for scientists trying to make global sea level rise predictions.

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Greenland's Ice Sheet Teetering on the Edge, Study Warns - Global Times | EL KAOS UT

global sea level rise

The worst-case scenario envisaged by models could lead to a global sea level rise of more than seven metres, as well as collapse of the Atlantic circulation system, currently responsible for the relative warmth in Europe and North America.

Saturday, April 10, 2021

Flooding Planet? About 70% of Antarctic Ice Shelf Risks Collapsing, Study Claims - Sputnik International

About 70% of Antarctic Ice Shelf Risks Collapsing, Study Claims


Ice shelves are critical for keeping the typical Antarctic landscape balanced, as they prevent water from excessively flowing into the oceans, which would cause global sea levels to skyrocket.

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Global ice sheets melting at ‘worst-case’ rates: UK scientists | Al Jazeera

Global ice sheets melting at ‘worst-case’ rates

The rate at which ice is disappearing across the world matches “worst-case climate warming scenarios”, UK scientists have warned in new research.

Friday, September 18, 2020

Emissions may add 40 cm to sea levels by 2100, experts warn

 

Emissions may add 40 cm to sea levels by 2100

Sustained greenhouse gas emissions could see global sea levels rise nearly 40 centimetres this century as ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland continue to melt, a major international study concluded Thursday.

Friday, November 03, 2017

Nations to work on curbing climate change despite Trump

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Governments, scientists, industry groups and environmental campaigners are meeting in Germany next week to discuss implementing a global agreement to curb climate change, despite uncertainty over how the United States will figure into the effort.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Rising sea levels to flood major US cities: Study

Action on climate change could save tens of thousands of American lives annually
Major US cities like New York, Boston and Miami may face chronic flooding over the next few decades, warn scientists who have found that sea level rise due to climate change may cause 60 percent of coastal communities in the country to lose their homes by 2100.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Larsen C Iceberg: Trillion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica

One of the biggest icebergs in history has snapped off the West Antarctic ice shelf, according to scientists who have been monitoring a growing crack for months.