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Antarctica ice melt remains worrisome 03 Feb 2021 Global warming and human activities in the region are resiulting in adverse effects in Antartica. We keep coming across reports saying that the Antarctica is melting due to global warming. Human activity has led to this phenomenon, and purging carbon from the atmosphere seems to be the only solution. A study published last year showed the world could lose most of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which rests on the seabed and is fringed by floating ice, in a warmer world. A recent report said the volume of water loss fr...

URL copied Image Source : AP IMAGE This January 2017 photo provided by Ted Scambos shows sea ice on the ocean surrounding Antarctica during an expedition to the Ross Sea. Antarctic ice is melting, contributing massive amounts of water to the world's seas and causing them to rise, but that melt is not as linear and consistent as scientists previously thought, a new study suggests. The analysis, of 20 years' worth of satellite data, shows that Antarctica's ice melts at different rates each year, meaning the models scientists use to predict coming sea-level ris...

 E-Mail COLUMBUS, Ohio - Antarctic ice is melting, contributing massive amounts of water to the world's seas and causing them to rise - but that melt is not as linear and consistent as scientists previously thought, a new analysis of 20 years' worth of satellite data indicates. The analysis, built on gravitational field data from a NASA satellite system, shows that Antarctica's ice melts at different rates each year, meaning the models scientists use to predict coming sea level rise might also need adjusting. "The ice sheet is not changing with a constant rate - it's more complicated than a ...

He and his colleagues drilled ice cores from deep within the glacier in 2006. An ice core provides detailed climate records that can extend over hundreds of thousands of years. Wind-blown dust, ash, bubbles of atmospheric gas, and radioactive substances trapped in the layers of ice in each core have provided valuable information on volcanic activity, ocean volumes and the historic impact of climate change. "We were surprised to find that at 6,050 metres [the height at which the glacier is located] there had been no net accumulation [of ice] since the late 1940s," he told IRIN. "Also in 2006,...

Terrestrial water storage dips in Chennai, neighbouring districts Updated: Updated: The decline is steady, but not alarming, says a study by Anna University Share Article AAA Storage boost: Groundwater quality has improved in the Ponneri-Minjur belt, thanks to check dams.   | Photo Credit: The Hindu The decline is steady, but not alarming, says a study by Anna University The terrestrial water storage, both surface and groundwater, has been decreasing in Chennai and neighbouring districts since 2002. The decline is steady, but not alarming, according to a study done by the Department of ...