We know the Arctic icecap is melting. Now scientists have measured how much less sunlight it reflects back into space. They estimate that over the past 30 years, the icecap’s cooling effect decline is twice that used in global climate models. GR
Category: Polar Regions
Fjords contribute to melting of glaciers
Greenland’s glaciers are melting, contributing to a rise in sea levels. What’s more, they are melting faster than before, according to two studies just published. The increase is due to both a warmer atmosphere and a warmer ocean, which melts the glaciers from below. Fjords apur rising sea-levels.
New Antarctic station is carbon-free
One argument preventing more widespread use of renewable energy sources is that they may not be reliable or available in many areas. Take for example solar energy. It won’t work well in areas that don’t receive much sun, right? With the recent opening of Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth station in East Antarctica, scientists now feel they have proof
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Antarctica is warming
This New York Times article reports on research done at the University of Washington in Seattle and at the NASA Goddard Space Institute in New York that will soon be published in the journal Nature. The scientists used satellites to interpolate temperatures between sparse weather stations. They determined with a high level of confidence that
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Ice melting across globe at accelerating rate, NASA says
The globe’s ice is melting faster and faster. About 2 trillion tons of ice have melted in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska since 2003. That’s enough to fill the Chesapeake Bay 21 times. Find a map of the mid-Atlantic states to see just how much ice that is. The melting ice from Greenland alone causes sea
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