Page 17 - Ice Sheets News Today

People are well aware that global warming has been responsible for causing an increase in sea levels by adopting two processes.

Melting lakes on ice shelves can widen cracks within them - new research shows how these lakes change across the world’s largest sheet.

That we are causing directly. so for example, the perma frost in the arctic is thawing. why should i, living in a temperate zone care about that? well, because, its releasing methane. methane is something, in a hundred years, its 20 times greater, in 20 years, its 80 times greater than carbon dioxide. and thats warming the atmosphere even more. which then causes more melting of the permafrost. it causes more melting or thawing of the permafrost. more melting of the ice sheets and the glaciers. a...

Even a small percentage of that amount is a large number. and amount is a large number. and that gives _ amount is a large number. and that gives us — amount is a large number. and that gives us an _ amount is a large number. and that gives us an idea, i suppose the really gloomy part has to be that we are in the world which is trying to fight the ever increasing global warming, at the moment. as long as there is any warming at all there will be more ice melt? thats exactly right there is a la...

Specifically. but looking at a foot of sea level rise by 2050 which is still in most of our lifetimes and what its going to do to a place like miami, its pretty shocking. >> yeah, katy, it is great to be back with you. and this is, you know, a sobering report, theres no question about it. there is some increased confidence. we have more observations, more data, were measuring whats happening with these ice sheets, with these collapsing ice shelves. our models, our climate models are more compreh...

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Two finalist proposals for the MIT Climate Grand Challenges use a drone to monitor glaciers and ice sheets over long periods to build better models of sea-level rise to help with climate preparation and mitigation.

There has been a freak heatwave in Antarctica, which holds 70 percent of Earth's fresh water.

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A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.