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Ocean currents drive rapid Antarctic ice shelf melting
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 12, 2024 Recent research highlights a major role for ocean currents in the accelerated melting of Antarctic ice shelves, which could lead to significant sea level rises. A study featured in Nature Communications indicates that the interaction between meandering ocean currents and the ocean floor causes upwelling velocity that pushes warmer water to shallower depths, accelerating the melting of ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica. These ice shelves are experiencing rapid destabilization, enhanc ... read more |
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Boreal forest and tundra regions worst hit over next 500 years of climate change, study showsLondon, UK (SPX) Apr 09, 2024 The boreal forest, covering much of Canada and Alaska, and the treeless shrublands to the north of the forest region, may be among the worst impacted by climate change over the next 500 years, accor ... more 
Arctic Ice Loss and Atmospheric Variability: Unveiling Their Role in Climate ShiftsSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 05, 2024 The Arctic's climate is undergoing rapid transformation, with its warming pace exceeding the global average by a factor of three to four, presenting the curious case of the "Warm Arctic, Cold Eurasi ... more 
Austria risks becoming largely 'ice-free' in 45 years: Alpine ClubVienna (AFP) April 5, 2024 Austria is set to become largely "ice-free" within 45 years, the country's Alpine Club warned Friday, as two of its glaciers last year melted by more than 100 metres (330 feet). ... more 
ESA to launch Arctic weather satellite in JuneStockholm (AFP) April 4, 2024 The European Space Agency said Thursday it will launch a satellite in June which will improve weather forecasting in the Arctic - a region highly exposed to the effects of global warming. ... more |
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Mapping the Future: SEA-Quester's Role in Blue Carbon StrategyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 19, 2024 The SEA-Quester project, spearheaded by GRID-Arendal, is a pioneering exploration into the effects of climate change on marine polar ecosystems, with a special focus on the critical role that blue c ... more 
NATO prepares for Russian threat in harsh ArcticBadderen , Norway (AFP) Mar 11, 2024 Finnish conscript Atte Ohman readied himself aboard a US landing ship to storm a snow-swept Norwegian beach as part of a rapid response unit pushing out an invading enemy. ... more 
Slowdown in Arctic sea ice movement, impacting marine transport and climateLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2024 A groundbreaking study by York University researchers reveals a significant shift in Arctic sea ice dynamics, forecasting a slowdown in sea ice movement in the coming decades. This change could have ... more 
Icy reception for plan to 'save' Venezuela's last glacierCaracas (AFP) March 5, 2024 A small patch of ice among bare rock is all that remains of Venezuela's last glacier, which the government hopes to restore to its former glory using a geothermal blanket. ... more 
Speed record for glacier fracture helps reveal the physics of ice sheet collapseSeattle WA (SPX) Mar 04, 2024 There's enough water frozen in Greenland and Antarctic glaciers that if they melted, global seas would rise by many feet. What will happen to these glaciers over the coming decades is the biggest un ... more |
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UMaine researchers use GPS-tracked icebergs in novel study to improve climate models
Orono ME (SPX) Mar 04, 2024 Over the last four decades, warming climate and ocean temperatures have rapidly altered the Greenland Ice Sheet, creating concern for marine ecosystems and weather patterns worldwide. The environment has challenged scientists in their attempts to measure how water moves around and melts the ice sheet because equipment can be destroyed by icebergs floating near the glaciers. Collected using a novel approach, research from the University of Maine has unearthed new information to help scientists bett ... read more 
Glacier shrinkage is causing a "green transition"Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 04, 2024 Microbial life will flourish in mountain streams because of ongoing glacier shrinkage. This is what a team of scientists from EPFL and Charles University, Prague, report in a paper published in Natu ... more |
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'Very worried': Scientists fret as Antarctic sea ice dwindlesThe Arc Simon Bolivar, Antarctica (AFP) March 2, 2024 Sea ice levels in Antarctica have registered historic lows for three consecutive years, portending grave consequences for life on Earth as we know it. ... more 
Indigenous Colombians fret as sacred mountain glaciers meltPueblo Bello, Colombia (AFP) Feb 28, 2024 In the shade of a sacred tree, Indigenous wise men chew coca leaves as they mull the threats to their home among the melting, snow-capped peaks of Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains. ... more 
Indigenous Colombians fret as sacred mountain glaciers meltPueblo Bello, Colombia (AFP) Feb 21, 2024 In the shade of a sacred tree, Indigenous wise men chew coca leaves as they mull the threats to their home among the melting, snow-capped peaks of Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains. ... more 
Polar bears struggling to adapt to longer ice-free Arctic periodsParis (AFP) Feb 13, 2024 Polar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay risk starvation as climate change lengthens periods without Arctic Sea ice, despite the creatures' willingness to expand their diets. ... more 
Currently stable parts of East Antarctica may be closer to melting than anyone realizedStanford CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 In a warming climate, meltwater from Antarctica is expected to contribute significantly to rising seas. For the most part, though, research has been focused on West Antarctica, in places like the Th ... more |
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