Remember the difference between weather and climate? We know what happens when the weather changes—it’s obvious. Climate is another story. Read on. When it rains, you put on a raincoat … [Read full article]
Tag: ice melt
Warming Period 400,000 Years Ago Resulted In Near-Complete Deglaciation Of Southern Greenland
Southern Greenland experienced nearly complete deglaciation during a warm period over 400,000 years ago, according to new research. The warming was apparently enough to tip the massive ice-sheet of southern … [Read full article]
Greenland 2012 Record Breaking Ice Melt Driven By Thin Clouds
Low-level clouds usually reflect solar energy back into space, as does the white coverage of snow. The albedo of cloud and snow — it’s ability to reflect sunlight back into … [Read full article]
Researchers Team Up With Greenland Native Seals to Study Rising Seas
Here’s a scientific dilemma for you to put your mind to for a moment: what do you do when you need specific readings from locations all-but impossible to reach … [Read full article]
How Warming Temperatures Will Change the Face of Greenland
Understanding the specifics of how global climate change will affect any one specific region is tricky, but two researchers have tackled the issue of what will happen to Greenland over … [Read full article]
Carbon Dioxide Makes Ice Weaker, MIT Researchers Find
A study conducted by researchers at MIT found that increased levels of carbon dioxide cause ice to weaken and make it more likely to split and fracture, regardless of the temperature. … [Read full article]
Greenland Melting Record Broken with Four Weeks to Spare
Most years would see us waiting until early September before we received notification of any record of Greenlandic melting being broken or not, but this year we get the news … [Read full article]
Greenland Ice Sheet more Dynamic than Previously Thought
The Greenland Ice Sheet is of major concern to scientists the world over in a world that is warming rapidly and causing massive ice melt to occur. However, recent research … [Read full article]
Tibetan Glaciers Growing Against the Flow
Despite glaciers across the planet melting at an accelerated and unprecedented rate, one mountain range along the rim of the Tibetan plateau is home to a series of glaciers that … [Read full article]
Southern Hemisphere Sea Levels Have Risen Dramatically
Sea levels have risen approximately 20 centimetres in the South West Pacific Ocean since the end of the 19th century, a dramatic increase according to a new study released this … [Read full article]
Complete Melt of Greenland Ice Sheet Closer Than First Thought
According to a new study the Greenland ice sheet is possibly more vulnerable to the temperature increase of global warming than previously estimated. According to the study, conducted by scientists … [Read full article]
Greenland’s Bedrock Underwent Significant Uplift in 2010 Ice Melt Spike
The year 2010 saw an unusually high melting season in Greenland which subsequently impacted the amount of ice weighing down the bedrock of the island causing it to lose 100 … [Read full article]
Warming North Atlantic Warming Arctic
The water that flows north into the Arctic Ocean from the North Atlantic Ocean is the warmest it has been in 2,000 years and is likely related to the amplification … [Read full article]