Global Warming

Greenland ice could fuel severe U.S. sea level rise

May 28, 2009
Greenland ice could fuel severe U.S. sea level rise

New York, Boston and other cities on North America’s northeast coast could face a rise in sea level this century that would exceed forecasts for the rest of the planet if Greenland’s ice sheet keeps melting as fast as it is now, researchers said on Wednesday. Sea levels off the northeast coast of North...
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An Antarctic ice shelf vanished

April 5, 2009
An Antarctic ice shelf vanished

According to scientists. One Antarctic ice shelf has disappeared, this means the glaciers are melting faster than anyone predicted due to climate change. They said the Wordie Ice Shelf, which had been disintegrating since the 1960s, is gone and the northern part of the Larsen Ice Shelf no longer exists. More than 3,200 square...
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