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Greenland's ice sheet is losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise
A field glaciologist explains the changes scientists are now seeing.
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Experts warn first-ever rain in Greenland ice sheet shows risks of climate change
Rain poured on the highest point of the Greenland ice sheet for the first time in recorded history in August. It didn't even make the news.
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www.nationalgeographic.com
Antarctica’s ice could cross this scary threshold within 40 years
“Rapid and unstoppable” sea level rise from melting Antarctic ice shelves and glaciers might be inevitable unless nations commit to even lower emissions—and fast, a new study says.
phys.org
Warming Greenland ice sheet passes "point of no return"
Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet would continue shrinking.
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Antarctica is the last continent without COVID-19. Scientists want to keep it that way
Studying Antarctica is critical to combating climate change, but most scientists can’t travel to the continent this upcoming season.
www.esquire.com
East Antarctica ice sheet vulnerable to melting in more bad climate change news
We are rapidly approaching that barrier referred to in scientific circles as the What-the-Fck-Is-the-Point? point.
www.antarcticajournal.com
Greenland’s ice sheet is melting
Studies show that the oceans are warming, and Antarctica's ice is melting. Now there is a new area where the ice is melting, Greenland's ice sheets.
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