Strong currents accelerate Antarctic ice melt
June 27th, 2011 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 27 (IANS) Strong ocean currents are eroding the ice beneath West
Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, accelerating its melting.
According to one estimate, the total collapse of Pine Island ... Read more...
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‘Reduction in Antarctic glacier ice could increase sea level’
June 23rd, 2010 - 10:11 am ICT by IANS
London, June 23 (IANS) Reduction of the ice mass in the Pine Island Glacier in the Antarctic Ocean could cause 10 percent of the global rise in sea level, experts have said.
A ... Read more...
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Pine Island Glacier behind thinning ice in Antarctica
June 21st, 2010 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 21(ANI): Scientists have identified Pine Island Glacier (PIG) as a major source for thinning ice in West Antarctica, which has contributed nearly 10 per cent of global sea level rise.Researchers ... Read more...
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Major Antarctic glacier ‘passes critical tipping point’
January 14th, 2010 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 14 (ANI): A new modelling study by researchers at University of Oxford has revealed that a major Antarctic glacier has passed its tipping point.Richard Katz of the University of ... Read more...
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Satellite lasers show rapid thinning of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets
September 24th, 2009 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 24 (ANI): Using satellite lasers, scientists have made the most comprehensive picture of the rapidly thinning glaciers along the coastline of both the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.Researchers from British ... Read more...
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Antarctic glacier thinning four times faster than it was 10 years ago
August 14th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 14 (ANI): A new research has determined that one of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than it was 10 years ago.Professor Duncan Wingham of University ... Read more...
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Robot submarine in quest to find why Antarctic glacier is thinning
March 18th, 2009 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 18 (ANI): Scientists are taking the help of a robot submarine to travel under an Antarctic glacier and learn why it has been thinning and accelerating over recent decades.Autosub, ... Read more...
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Scientists to explore hidden world beneath Antarctic glacier
December 31st, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 31 (ANI): A team of British scientists is all set to become the first to explore the hidden world beneath an Antarctic glacier.According to a report in the Telegraph, ... Read more...
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Football-sized boulders may help predict sea-level rise
February 29th, 2008 - 2:20 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 29 (ANI): A new research has determined that boulders the size of footballs could help scientists predict the West Antarctic Ice Sheets (WAIS) contribution to sea-level rise.For the research, scientists ... Read more...
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Arctic boulders confirm that glaciers are thinning
February 29th, 2008 - 11:04 am ICT by admin
London, Feb 29(IANS) Huge boulders could enable scientists to predict the contribution of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) to sea level rise, according to the latest issue of Geology. These boulders ... Read more...
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Antarctic volcanic eruption occurred under ice 2,000 years ago
January 21st, 2008 - 12:28 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 21 (ANI): Scientists have for the first time found evidence of a 2,000 year old volcanic eruption from beneath Antarcticas most rapidly changing ice sheet.According to a report in the ... Read more...
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