Antarctic Icemelt

More Huge Ice Chunks Break Away From Antarctica

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 05.31.2009 | Green


BERLIN — Massive ice chunks are crumbling away from a shelf in the western Antarctic Peninsula, researchers said Wednesday, warning that 1,300 s...

Al Gore, Scientists Address Accelerated Icemelt At Poles (VIDEO)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway | Posted 05.31.2009 | Green


Former Vice President Al Gore, foreign ministers and climate change scientists met this week in the town of Tromsø, Norway to discuss the impac...

"Glacial Pace" Not As Slow As Hoped, Sea Levels To Rise

AP | ELIANE ENGELER | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green


GENEVA — Glaciers in Antarctica are melting faster and across a much wider area than previously thought, a development that threatens to raise s...

Icemelt Could Shift Earth's Rotation, Moving Water Northward

AP | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — Long-term sea level increases that could have a devastating effect on southern Florida and highly populated coastal areas may be ev...

At Current Icemelt Pace, Emperor Penguins Extinct Within 100 Years

Popular Science | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green


No more happy feet for Emperor Penguins. According to a new study, if Antarctic ice continues to shrink at its current pace, Emperor Penguins will fac...

Wilkins Ice Shelf Set To Collapse Due To Global Warming

Reuters | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green


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