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Showing posts with label WAIS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WAIS. Show all posts
Thursday, October 27, 2016

Warm ocean water melting Antarctica from below adding to sea level rise

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Latest observational data from Amundsen Sea embayment (ASE) of West Antarctica confirms the retreat of ice shelf grounding lines caused by...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Volcanic activity adds further to instability of West Antarctic Ice Sheet

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Volcanic activity detected near the Executive Committee range in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica adds another factor to the instability o...
Monday, April 15, 2013

West Antarctic Ice Cores find changes at upper bound of normal

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A new ice core study from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) concludes that current dramatic and unusual warming changes on the West Antarc...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Antarctic Octopus genetics reveals past West Antarctic Ice sheet collapse

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It seems the genetics of the Antarctic Octopus is showing us how fragile the West Antarctic Ice sheet (WAIS) may be with global warming. It ...
Monday, December 24, 2012

Global Warming on West Antarctic Ice Sheet three times the global average

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The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is warming at three times the global average, according to temperature measurements at Byrd Polar Station. Thi...
Saturday, May 26, 2012

Waking the giant: Global Warming in the Weddell Sea, West Antarctic Ice Sheet and sea level rise

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Warm ocean currents are projected to melt the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica opening instabilities in the We...
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Global Warming in Antarctica: Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers accelerating, West Antarctic Ice Sheet losing mass

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Scientists have been studying the climate change impacts on ice shelfs and glaciers for some time in Antarctica, and particularly around the...