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Satellites Help Scientists Quantify Ice Melt and Sea-Level Rise
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:34:44 -0800
For years, scientists have warned that climate change is taking its toll on Earth's ice, thawing not just the massive ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica but mountain glaciers and ice caps from the Andes to the Alps. [More]
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Study shows global glaciers, ice caps, shedding billions of tons of mass annually
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:06:16 -0800
Earth's glaciers and ice caps outside of the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of ice annually, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Global warming: CU-led study pinpoints Earth’s ice loss
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:11:15 -0800
New data to help project sea level rise By Summit Voice Earth’s glaciers and ice caps outside of the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding about 150 billion tons of ice annually, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder. The total mass ice loss from Greenland, Antarctica and all [...]
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CU-Boulder study shows global glaciers, ice caps, shedding billions of tons of mass annually
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:07:47 -0800
Changes in ice thickness (in centimeters per year) during 2003-2010 as measured by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites, averaged over each of the world's ice caps and glacier systems outside of Greenland and Antarctica.
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Warmer Arctic 'causes cold winters'
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:19:12 -0800
It may sound counterintuitive, but a scientific journal says that warmer Arctic summers may produce colder winters in the UK and elsewhere.
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Québec Tourism Strategy North of the 49th Parallel: First Tourist Project Takes Shape in Wemindji
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:36:00 -0800
WEMINDJI, QC, Jan. 12, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Visiting the James Bay and Eeyou Itschee tourism regions today, Tourism Minister Nicole Ménard and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Minister ...
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New study shows correlation between summer Arctic sea ice cover and winter weather in Central Europe
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:02:32 -0800
Even if the current weather situation may seem to speak against it, the probability of cold winters with much snow in Central Europe rises when the Arctic is covered by less sea ice in summer. Scientists of the Research Unit Potsdam of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association have decrypted a mechanism in which a shrinking summertime sea ice cover ...
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Warm winter freezes Vermont snowmobilers
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:05:26 -0800
Eric Calacci of Jericho and his son Chieftain, 9, are avid snowmobilers who have not been able to enjoy their hobby because of the lack of snow this winter. Usually they are able to ride from their backyard directly to the VAST trail behind their house.
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Opening Remarks at the Forum on Himalayan Glacier Melt
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:28:00 -0800
Good morning, everyone. Welcome, and thank you very much for joining us for this Forum on Himalayan Glacier Melt.
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Ice caps not shrinking as much as once thought, new data show
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:41:35 -0800
Mountain glaciers and ice caps around the globe collectively lost 148 billion tons of ice a year, according to new satellite measurements. The rate is 30 percent lower than scientists thought.
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