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Underwater melting of Antarctic ice far greater than thought, study finds

admin April 8, 2018 climate change

Hidden underwater melt-off in the Antarctic is doubling every 20 years and could soon overtake Greenland to become the biggest source of sea-level rise, according to the first complete underwater map of the world’s largest body of ice. Warming waters have caused the base of ice near the ocean floor around

Earth’s Ice Is Melting Much Faster Than Forecast. Here’s Why That’s Worrying.

admin February 7, 2018February 7, 2018 climate change

By Jason E. Box - Professor in Glaciology, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland COPENHAGEN — For me it was only after eight years of studying Greenland — installing and maintaining a network of on-ice climate stations and examining how much snow evaporates from the island — that I suddenly realized glaciology

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