Posts Tagged ‘sea levels’
Antarctica: Flat to fjord 34M years ago
U. ARIZONA (US) — Antarctica’s topography began changing from flat to fjord-filled about 34 million years ago—an important finding for modeling how the Antarctic ice sheet affects global climate and sea-level rise. Continue…
Thursday, March 7, 2013 6:03 - 1 Comment
Earth & Environment - Nov 30, 2012 12:02 - 2 Comments
At both poles, ice melt is speeding up
U. LEEDS (UK) / CALTECH (US) — Ice sheet melting has increased over time and, altogether, Greenland and Antarctica are now losing more than three times as much ice as they were in the 1990s. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 21, 2012 15:01 - 0 Comments
Sea level rise washes out ‘Playboy’ bunny
U. FLORIDA (US) — A rise in sea level is responsible for the disappearance of nearly half of the endangered marsh rabbit’s Florida Keys habitat, research shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 30, 2012 14:01 - 0 Comments
Google Earth Engine adds time-lapse video
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — A new capability within Google Earth Engine makes it possible to witness deforestation unfold in the Amazon, see the Aral Sea’s water levels rise and fall, and watch Las Vegas expand. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2012 11:05 - 1 Comment
Jersey-sized ice basin at risk of collapse
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Scientists have uncovered a sub-glacial basin about the size of New Jersey under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet by using ice-penetrating radar instruments flown on aircraft. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 30, 2012 10:41 - 0 Comments
Ice ‘fingerprints’ predict sea level rise
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Geophysicists have found a way to identify the sea level fingerprint left by a particular ice sheet—allowing better estimates of its impact on global sea level. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 5, 2012 11:59 - 0 Comments
Gulf Coast sea level rise stuck in overdrive
TULANE (US) — A new study shows the rate of sea level rise along the Gulf Coast has increased dramatically during the 20th century, as compared to the preindustrial millennium (600-1600 CE). (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 19, 2012 8:43 - 0 Comments
As tides rise, flood risk grows higher
U. ARIZONA (US) — About 3.7 million Americans are at risk for flooding as the sea level continues to rise in the coming century. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 28, 2012 14:02 - 1 Comment
Climate winners and losers on California coast
DUKE (US) — Rising sea levels are likely to change Southern California beaches in the coming century, but not in ways you might expect. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 23, 2012 16:33 - 0 Comments
Climate may crank storms into overdrive
PRINCETON (US) — As Earth’s climate changes, severe storms could become far more common in low-lying coastal areas, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 8, 2012 15:47 - 4 Comments
Glaciers shed billions of tons, satellites show
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Ice caps and glaciers outside the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of ice annually. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 19, 2012 12:17 - 2 Comments
Climate conflict: Sea level vs. surface temp
PENN STATE (US) — Engineering our way out of global climate warming may not be as easy as simply reducing the incoming solar energy, a research team concludes. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 22, 2011 12:00 - 0 Comments
Salt marshes predict sea level rise
PENN STATE (US) — Scientists are using a 2,000-year history to refine models used to gauge climate-change induced sea level rise, which, during the past century, rose at a faster rate than ever before. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 2, 2011 15:57 - 0 Comments
Map surfaces ice sheet’s underbelly
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — A high-resolution map uses ice-penetrating radar to reveal some of the largest fjords on Earth at the Aurora Subglacial Basin in East Antarctica. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 16, 2011 13:41 - 0 Comments
Seaports unprepared for climate change
STANFORD (US) — Seaport officials are unsure how best to protect their facilities from rising sea levels and more frequent Katrina-magnitude storms, two possible consequences of global warming. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 30, 2011 9:25 - 1 Comment
Erratic ice sheet raising sea levels
U. LEEDS (UK) — At some point in time, the Antarctic ice sheet was extensive enough and thick enough to move boulders the size of a small family car. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 26, 2011 16:31 - 3 Comments
More melting may slow glacier flow
U. LEEDS (UK) — Hotter summers may not be as catastrophic for the Greenland ice sheet as previously feared and may actually slow down the flow of glaciers. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 14, 2010 17:15 - 1 Comment
Greenhouse gas causing Indian Ocean to rise
U. COLORADO (US)—Newly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean, including the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, and Java, appear to be at least partly a result of human-induced increases of atmospheric greenhouse gases. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 29, 2010 21:37 - 3 Comments
Massive ice loss has sea levels rising
U. LEEDS (UK)—The loss of floating ice in the polar oceans each year—equivalent to 1.5 million Titanic-size icebergs—is causing sea levels to rise. (more…)
