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 NASA Mission 
 Monitors Polar Ice 

Antarctica jet filling in for dying satellite

Oct 30, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - NASA has begun a mission much closer to home than usual. The agency is flying a DC-8 over Antarctica to track melting glaciers and any subsequent rise in sea levels. Operation Ice Bridge is designed to buttress the work of a fading satellite, ICESat, which is just about spent after... More »

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climate change • NASA • global warming • sea level • Antarctica • satellite • glacier • polar ice caps

 US Glaciers Shrinking Fast  


Aug 7, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three major glaciers in Alaska and Washington state have rapidly shrunk over the last 50 years due to global warming—and the melting is accelerating as the climate changes, notes a government study released yesterday. The glaciers, chosen as "benchmarks" because their conditions closely parallel those of thousands of... More »

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climate change • Alaska • global warming • Washington state • glacier • ice melt • United States Geological Survey

 Glaciers May Vanish 
 in 'Geologic Instant' 

Prehistoric glacier's rapid meltdown could happen again: researchers

Jun 22, 09 5:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - New data about a prehistoric Canadian glacier that rapidly vanished is giving scientists a stronger model to predict the radical effects of climate change. It's very possible that the same conditions could quickly shrink today's larger ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, prompting sea levels to soar in a "... More »

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climate change • global warming • study • Greenland • Antarctica • glacier • ice melt • Jakobshavn Glacier

(AP) - Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures. Nourished by Andean snowmelt, the glacier constantly grows even as it spawns icebergs the size of apartment buildings into a frigid lake, maintaining a nearly perfect equilibrium since measurements began more... More »

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climate change • global warming • Chile • Argentina • glacier

 Radar Reveals 
 Antarctica's 
 Hidden 'Alps' 

Mapping expedition uncovers 'Alps' that show how ice sheet was formed

Jun 4, 09 5:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists using radar to map what lies beneath two miles of Antarctic ice have discovered a landscape similar to Europe's Alpine region, the BBC reports. The sharp peaks and deep valleys surprised researchers who expected the area to have been ground much flatter by shifting ice. Researchers believe the findings... More »

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Antarctica • glacier • glacial period

(Newser) - Increases in sea level caused by climate change could be dramatically larger than the world average in the densely populated Northeast, LiveScience reports. A new study shows that the melting Greenland ice cap and ocean dynamics will push 12 to 20 more inches of water toward New England and Canada... More »

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climate change • New York City • Northeast • Boston • Greenland • sea level • glacier • scientific study • ocean currents • melting ice

 In Alaska, Melting Glaciers 
 Cause Land to Rise 

Glaciers receding 30 feet each year

May 18, 09 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Around Juneau, Alaska, climate change is causing an unexpected problem, the New York Times reports: As glaciers melt, the land is rising away from the sea. The change—10 feet in about 200 years—is enough to dry up local streams and wetland habitats, and is the result of land... More »

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climate change • Alaska • salmon • Juneau • glacier • wetlands • habitat • Mendenhall glacier

(Newser) - The world’s rivers are drying up as climate change worsens and the demand for water increases, the BBC reports. Researchers studying 925 major waterways—from the Ganges to the Colorado—found significantly less fresh water flowing into oceans in 2004 than 50 years earlier. If the trend continues, the... More »

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climate change • global warming • glacier • river • drinking water • water shortage • water supply • scientific study • Colorado River • weather data • Ganges River

 Swiss-Italian Border 
 Moves as Glaciers Melt 

Alpine borderlines changing along with the climate

Mar 25, 09 2:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The rapid melting of Alpine glaciers has prompted Swiss and Italian authorities to redraw the border between the two nations, the Independent reports. Authorities believe the border will need to be moved by hundreds of feet in some places as glaciers have shifted and permafrost has disappeared, changing the course... More »

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climate change • Italy • Switzerland • glacier • border • glacial melt

Global Warming Will Buoy East Coast Sea Level

Altered Atlantic current means higher flood risk from Boston-DC

Mar 16, 09 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The effect of climate change on Atlantic currents will boost the threat of flooding along the US East Coast more than glacial melting alone, a study predicts. New York, Boston, and Washington, DC, are expected to experience more shoreline encroachment and have higher risk of storm surges as changing currents... More »

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New York City • Boston • Washington DC • Greenland • sea level • flooding • glacier • ocean temperature • glacial melt • ocean currents

Alps Artifacts Offer Clues
to Climate Change

Ancient objects
emerge as Swiss
glacier melts

Sep 6, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A melting glacier in the Swiss Alps has revealed hundreds of ancient artifacts, providing valuable information about both history and climate change through the ages, AFP reports. The area was walkable only during warm periods when the glacier receded. “The site itself is the most important find because we... More »

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climate change • environment • archaeology • Switzerland • glacier • artifacts • Alps

 Scientists Spot
 Crack at Top
 of the World

Northern Hemisphere's largest floating glacier breaking up

Aug 22, 08 1:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A huge crack—seven miles long and a half-mile wide—has opened in a northern Greenland glacier as an 11-square-mile chunk of ice appears to be breaking off. The phenomenon is occurring in the Northern Hemisphere's largest floating glacier, once thought largely immune to the effects of global warming, reports... More »

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Arctic • Greenland • glacier • ice melt • Petermann glacier • Byrd Polar Research Center • Center for the Study of Earth from Space • Jakobshavn glacier

 Melting Empties Chile Lake 

Initial swelling causes 'river tsunami'; global warming blamed

Apr 11, 08 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Melting ice in a remote Chilean lake caused it to swell and suddenly empty, creating a “river tsunami,” the AP reports. Water from a melting glacier filled the lake and tunneled through the ice, emptying into a nearby river. More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • Chile • lake • glacier

 Glacial Melt Hit Record in '06 

Study finds glaciers lost an average of 4.9 feet of ice

Mar 17, 08 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glaciers shrank an alarming average of 4.9 feet in 2006, the UN Environment Program says—a dramatic difference from ice loss numbers in the ‘80s and ‘90s, when glaciers lost an average 11.8 inches a year. UNEP’s director pointed to "many canaries in the... More »

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climate change • environment • United Nations • Europe • Pyrenees • glacier • ice melt • UN Environment Program • Alps • power generation • World Glacier Monitoring Service

Ancient Antarctic Volcano May Be Linked to Warming

Scientists make 'unique' discovery beneath continent's massive ice sheets

Jan 21, 08 4:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The discovery of what scientists are hailing as the first evidence of a volcanic eruption under Antarctica’s massive ice sheet may be linked to climate change, the BBC reports. British researchers, who discovered evidence of a volcano by analyzing radar data from an air survey, believe the eruption likely... More »

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climate change • environment • sea level • Antarctica • glacier • volcano • western Antarctic ice sheet • Nature Geoscience • British Antarctic Survey • volcanic ash

UN Warns of 'Abrupt' Warming

Earth at 'tipping point' of irreversible catastrophe: UN chief Ban Ki-Moon

Nov 17, 07 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The last and most forceful of a series of UN reports on climate change unveiled today urges swift action to avoid "abrupt and irreversible" damage to the environment. Melting glaciers will cause a rapid rise in sea levels, wiping out vulnerable species and destroying water and food supplies for... More »

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climate change • Africa • United Nations • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Antarctica • glacier • natural disaster • food security • water shortage • Ban Ki-Moon

Melting Alaska, Tourist Hot Spot

Visitors flock to see climate change first-hand

Nov 14, 07 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Tourists traditionally head to Alaska for cruises and fishing, but for a growing number, it’s a global warming pilgrimage. Heating up five times faster than anyplace else, Alaska has drawn politicians, scientists, and now tourists to see the melting future, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “This has immediate... More »

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climate change • environment • Alaska • tourism • ecotourism • Arctic • glacier

5 Last-Ditch Plans to Save Earth

Crank up your ingenuity and combat climate change the MacGyver way

Aug 22, 07 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - If reducing emissions was Plan A to save the earth from global warming, these plans from Popular Science would be more like Plan ... Z:
  1. Make more Arctic ice—out of saltwater.
  2. Cool the oceans, which feed storms with warm water, by sucking up cold water from the ocean
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climate change • environment • conservation • global warming • plastic • list • Earth • glacier • polar ice caps • wetlands

(Newser) - Hundreds of naked people bared all on a Swiss glacier to protest global warming yesterday. The arresting demonstration was photographed by New York artist Spencer Tunick, known for his photos of nude gatherings, as temperatures hovered around 50 degrees. More »

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climate change • environment • Greenpeace • global warming • Spencer Tunick • Switzerland • glacier

Frozen DNA
Survives After
8 Million Years

Microorganisms from Antarctica look
like Martian data

Aug 7, 07 9:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have nixed the notion that glaciers are lifeless blocks of ice by thawing chunks containing Antarctic organisms and watching them successfully divide on their own, the Los Angeles Times reports. The study suggests that these microorganisms, ranging from 100,000 to 8 million years old, could yield DNA and... More »

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evolution • global warming • Mars • DNA • bacteria • Antarctica • glacier • microorganisms • life • gene Popsicle

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