Antarctic Ice Shelf

CON GAMES: Double-Whammy Puts Right on Thin Ice

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.13.2009 | Green

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Michael Conniff

Conservatives tend to be all but immune to inconvenient data of climate change, citing marginal studies and anecdotal evidence scientifically proven by looking out your bedroom window.

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Wilkins Ice Shelf Set To Collapse Due To Global Warming

Reuters | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green

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Reuters reports that a major Antarctic ice shelf, the Wilkins Ice Shelf, will collapse soon due to global warming: WILKINS ICE SHELF, Antarctica (Reu...

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New Rifts Discovered On Antarctic Ice Shelf Could Lead To It Breaking Away From Antarctic Penninsula

CNN | Posted 12.31.2008 | Green

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Scientists have identified new rifts on an Antarctic ice shelf that could lead to it breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula, the European Space Ag...

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Antarctic Thaw Could Slow Global Warming, Sort Of

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green

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Bill Chameides

The possible shutdown of the "thermohaline circulation" is an example of a negative feedback that is too strong -- it takes us out of the frying pan and into the freezer.

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Obama and McCain: Silent on Climate Change

Betsy Taylor | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

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Betsy Taylor

If McCain and Obama don't address the scale and urgency of global warming, on what basis will we insist that they live up to their campaign commitments and to take bold action next year?

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19-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada

AP | CHARMAINE NORONHA | Posted 10.04.2008 | Green

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TORONTO — A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic ...

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.26.2008 | Green

Read More: FBI Watch List, Karl Rove Fox News, Phil Gramm, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Don Siegelman, Networks Iraq War Coverage, Arlington Cemetary, Bush Library Donations, Michael Mukasey, Antarctic Ice Shelf, CIA Torture, Karl Rove Subpoena, Global Warming, Green News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Karl Rove flees the country, Schwarzenegger calls Bush administration approach to global warming "bogus," Antarctic ice shelf on verge of collapse, U.S. terrorist watch list tops one million.

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Something Strange is Happening at the Coldest, Driest Place on Earth

Todd Carmichael | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

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Todd Carmichael

For someone who has experienced "freaky weather" in the Antarctic up close and personal, reports this week that baby Antarctic penguins are freezing to death due to "freak rain storms," came as no surprise.

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Effects Of Global Warming. Antarctic Ice Shelf 'Hanging By Thread': European Scientists

Posted 07.18.2008 | Green

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PARIS (AFP) - New evidence has emerged that a large plate of floating ice shelf attached to Antarctica is breaking up, in a troubling sign of global ...

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Western Antarctic Ice Chunk Collapses

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 04.02.2008 | Home

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WASHINGTON — A chunk of Antarctic ice about seven times the size of Manhattan suddenly collapsed, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice...

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