WILKINS ICE SHELF - A huge Antarctic ice shelf is on the brink of collapse with just a sliver of ice holding it in place, the latest victim of global warming that is altering maps of the frozen continent. "We've come to the Wilkins Ice Shelf to see its final death throes," David Vaughan, a glaciologist at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), told Reuters after the first - and probably last - plane landed near the narrowest part of the ice.David Vaughan, a leading glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey: 'We’ve come to the Wilkins Ice Shelf to see its final death throes.'Alister...
Antarctica melting faster than expected: scientist
China Daily
China Daily
WELLINGTON: Scientists from New Zealand have warned that Antarctica is melting faster than expected. The rate of ice loss was up 75 percent since 1996, and was increasing quickly, Professor Peter Barrett of...
Antarctic groups joining forces
NZ Herald
NZ Herald
New 5:00AM Wednesday Jun 24, 2009 Three research institutions have joined forces to study Antarctica and its influence on the earth. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) yesterday joined the...
Northeast warned of new source of rising seas
MSNBC
MSNBC
WASHINGTON - The northeastern U.S. coast is likely to see the world's biggest sea level rise from man-made global warming, a new study predicts. However much the oceans rise by the end of the century, add an extra 8...
Warming could raise sea level by 5 mts: Scientist
The Times of India
The Times of India
Text: WELLINGTON: 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...
Glaciers can shrink "in a geologic instant"
The Times of India
The Times of India
Text: WASHINGTON: A new research by scientists has revealed that modern glaciers in deep ocean water can undergo periods of rapid retreat, where they can shrink even...
Ice shelves stable over six years
The Australian
The Australian
ANTARCTIC ice shelves are showing no sign of climate change, six years of unique research have shown. Scientists from Western Australia's Curtin University of Technology are using acoustic sensors developed to support...
2.1 million-year high measured for CO2 in atmosphere
Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
Carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere has risen to its highest level in at least 2.1 million years, according to a new investigation of the greenhouse gas's role in ice ages over the millennia. Researchers including...
Edith Ronne, first U.S. woman in Antarctica, dies
Newsday
Newsday
WASHINGTON - Edith "Jackie" Ronne never intended to leave Bethesda, Md. She had gone to Beaumont, , in 1947 to see off her explorer husband and a volunteer crew headed to Antarctica to fill in the blanks on the map of...
My Holidays
Irish Times
Irish Times
Go Last MinuteGo KidsMy DayGo NicheAn oasis of calm in ParisGo Overnight EIMEAR N� CHONAOLA , TG4 presenter, talks about her holidays What's your earliest holiday memory? Going camping in Brittany, in France, with my...
Very British cannibals: How an epic Navy voyage across the Arctic came to a truly ...
The Daily Mail
The Daily Mail
What if the climate scientists are right about global warming? Part 2
The Examiner
The Examiner
Comment RSS Email Print Global warming has attracted enough heat to cause global warming, so it's very nice to read Steven Andrews' honest and gentle critique of my work here and (submitted contemporaneously) on Daily...


