Archive for the ‘Melting Glaciers’ Category
Ice Volume Of Switzerland’s Glaciers Calculated
ScienceDaily (2009-07-09) — Switzerland’s glaciers have lost twelve percent of their ice volume since 1999. The water stored in Switzerland’s glaciers currently equates to about two thirds of the volume of Lake Geneva.
Glaciers Around The Globe Continue To Melt At High Rates
ScienceDaily (2009-02-04) — Glaciers around the globe continue to melt at high rates. Tentative figures for the year 2007, of the World Glacier Monitoring Service indicate a further loss of average ice thickness of roughly 0.67 meter water equivalent (m w.e.). Some glaciers in the European Alps lost up to 2.5 m w.e.
Hundreds Of Antarctic Peninsula Glaciers Accelerating As Climate Warms
ScienceDaily (2007-06-06) — Hundreds of glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula are flowing faster, further adding to sea level rise according to new research. Climate warming that is already causing Antarctic Peninsula increased summer snow melt and ice shelf retreat is the most likely cause.
Alpine Glaciers Could All But Disappear Within This Century
ScienceDaily (2006-07-10) — The Alps could lose 80 percent of their glacier cover by the end of this century, if summer temperatures rise by three degrees Celsius. And if temperatures increase by five degrees Celsius, the Alps would become almost completely ice-free by 2100. Accelerated loss of ice cover in the Alps since the 1970s has resulted in a total loss of 50 percent of their 1850 area.
Speeding Antarctic Glacier: Scientists Discover Another Reason For Glacial Acceleration
ScienceDaily (2008-11-19) — New satellite data have helped scientists crack the case of a speeding Antarctic glacier — a finding that promises to help improve sea level forecasts.
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