Sea levels may rise much higher, says fossil study
July 16th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 16 (IANS) Sea levels may rise much higher than previously thought, suggests a new study on fossil corals, which shows how warmer climes in the past promoted dramatic ... Read more...
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Drop in CO2 triggered polar ice sheet formation
December 2nd, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 2 (IANS) A drop in carbon dioxide (CO2) levels seems to have triggered Antarctic ice sheet formation.Scientists from Yale and Purdue Universities stumbled on the discovery while examining ... Read more...
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Warming ocean layers melt polar ice sheets faster
July 4th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 4 (IANS) Warming of the ocean's subsurface layers will melt portions of underwater Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets faster than previously thought, increasing sea levels more than projected.
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Melting ice sheets largest contributor to sea level rise
March 10th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 10 (IANS) Melting Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are overtaking ice loss from mountain glaciers and ice caps to become the dominant contributor to global sea level rise, ... Read more...
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Scientists pinpoint alarming increase in flow of fresh water into oceans
October 5th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 5 (ANI): In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have found that freshwater is flowing into Earth's oceans in greater amounts every year, thanks to more frequent and extreme storms linked to ... Read more...
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Moderate warming threatens polar ice sheet
December 17th, 2009 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) Polar ice sheets are vulnerable to large-scale melting even under moderate warming conditions, according to a report by Princeton and Harvard scientists.
Such melting, triggered by two more degrees ... Read more...
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Extra 2 degrees of global warming could make sea level rise by 20 to 30 feet in future
December 17th, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 17 (ANI): A new analysis of the geological record of the Earth's sea level has determined that an additional 2 degrees of global warming could commit the planet to 6 ... Read more...
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Sea to rise 5 metres as West Antarctic ice sheet melts
July 7th, 2009 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 7 (IANS) The melting of West Antarctic ice sheet, Antarctica's most vulnerable part, could raise global sea levels by up to five metres.
"Polar ice sheets have grown and collapsed ... Read more...
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Global warming could raise sea level by five metres: Scientist
July 2nd, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, July 2 (DPA) New evidence shows that if global warming melts the West Antarctic ice sheet, sea levels around the world could rise by up to five metres, a New Zealand ... Read more...
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Abrupt climate shifts may come within decades
December 20th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 20 (ANI): A new U.S. government report has determined that abrupt climate shifts resulting in rising sea levels and severe droughts, may come within decades, which is sooner than ... Read more...
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Abrupt climatic shifts could overtake US sooner than later
December 20th, 2008 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) Abrupt climatic shifts could overtake the US if melting polar ice continues to outrun recent projections, according to a government report. Many scientists also apprehend the possibility that ... Read more...
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Carbon dioxide levels already in danger zone
November 8th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have entered the danger zone and must be reduced if climate disasters are to be averted, according to researchers.US, British and French ... Read more...
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CO2 levels must be reduced as they are already in danger zone
November 8th, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 8 (ANI): A new study has suggested that if climate disasters are to be averted, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) must be reduced below the levels that already exist today, ... Read more...
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Antarctic earthquakes shake at glacial speed
September 9th, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 9 (ANI): Scientists have found that wide rivers of ice, which flow through relatively slow-moving polar ice sheets in Antarctica, en route to the sea, can generate seismic waves ... Read more...
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Arctic methane may trigger abrupt climate change
May 29th, 2008 - 1:04 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 29 (IANS) An abrupt release of methane from ice sheets 635 million years ago triggered a spell of global warming, says a study that contends something similar is just waiting ... Read more...
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Sea levels could rise by up to one-and-a-half meters by end of 21st century
April 16th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by admin
London, April 16 (ANI): A new scientific analysis has suggested that sea levels could rise by up to one-and-a-half meters by the end of this century.According to a report by BBC ... Read more...
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