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Sea Levels Rising Faster Than Predicted
Michael Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn state University and one of the world’s foremost climate scientists, has warned that vulnerable island states may need to consider evacuating their populations within a decade, due to a … Continue reading
Melting Greenland Ice Sheet Approaches Tipping Point
The Greenland ice sheet is poised for another record melt this year, and is approaching a “tipping point” into a new and more dangerous melt regime in which the summer melt area covers the entire land mass, according to new … Continue reading
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Pacific Sea Level Rise Tied to Climate Change
After 6,000 years of relative stability, sea levels in the southwest Pacific started rising drastically in the 1880s, with a notable peak in the 1990s thought to be linked to human-induced climate change, according to a new study published in … Continue reading
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Global Melting of Glaciers Varies Highly, As Sea Rise Continues – Study
Using twin satellites that track melting glaciers via shifts in gravity from changing masses of ice and water between 2003 and 2010, a study recently published in the journal Nature concludes that there has been little change in the Himalayan … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Antarctica, climate change, extreme weather, glaciers, global warming, Greenland, melting glaciers, rising sea levels
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