Antarctic Ice Shelf

How Much Did Sea Level Rise In The Past?

Reuters | Posted 03.29.2012

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LONDON (Reuters) - The collapse of an ice sheet in Antarctica up to 14,650 years ago might have caused sea levels to rise between 14 and 18 meters (46...

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Race Is On To Find Life Under Antarctic Ice Sheet

Reuters | Posted 04.14.2012

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* Russian expedition says broke through to lake on Feb. 5 * Scientists suspect lake hides unknown life forms * Say harsh...

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Scientists Reportedly Reach Lake Hidden For Millions Of Years

Posted 02.07.2012

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After over 20 years of drilling through two miles of glacial ice, Russian scientists have reportedly penetrated the surface of Antarctica's largest su...

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Scientists Within 40 Feet Of Antarctic Lake Buried Under Millions Of Years Of Ice

Posted 02.02.2012

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Deep beneath miles of Antarctic ice lies a large freshwater lake that will soon be exposed for the first time in millions of years. Lake Vostok, wh...

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Where Did Antarctica's 'Ghost Alps' Come From?

Posted 11.21.2011

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A mysterious 750-mile long Antarctic mountain range described as the "ghost Alps" are no longer such an enigma, despite being buried under miles of ic...

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Antarctica Falling Apart? Scientists Assess Iceberg News

LiveScience | Posted 05.25.2011

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Recent news of mammoth icebergs the size of small U.S. states breaking off Antarctica may sound dire. But those events mostly represent business as us...

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CON GAMES: Double-Whammy Puts Right on Thin Ice

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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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