Satellite imagery shows Antarctic ice shelf crumbling faster than thought
Reuters, 2022-08-11
Antarctica’s coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses from the world’s largest ice sheet over the past 25 years,
Melting of East Antarctic Ice Sheet could cause sea level rise
BBC, 2022-08-11
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet was previously viewed as less vulnerable to the impacts of climate change compared to the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, but if global temperatures continue to rise it cause lead to a dramatic increase in sea levels.
Crumbling ice: Antarctic ice melting double as fast as thought
Daily Sabah, 2022-08-11
We’re not yet at ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ levels where the melting ice in Antarctica disrupts the entire world’s balance, however, we
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet could raise sea levels 16 feet by 2500
Popular Science, 2022-08-11
The chance to keep the massive East Antarctic ice sheet (EAIS) from disappearing is rapidly slipping away. Also called the “sleeping giant,” this ice sheet, made up of glacial ice accumulated over land,
Recent studies find previously unknown loss of Antarctic ice
Phys.org, 2022-08-10
New research on Antarctica, including the first map of iceberg calving, doubles the previous estimates of loss from ice shelves and details how the continent is changing.
Antarctic glaciers crumbling fast
The Taipei Times, 2022-08-11
Antarctica’s coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses from the world’s largest ice sheet over the past 25 years,
Fate of ‘sleeping giant’ East Antarctic ice sheet ‘in our hands’ – study
The Guardian, 2022-08-10
Melting of the world’s biggest ice sheet would cause catastrophic sea level rise, but can be avoided with fast climate action
Satellite imagery shows Antarctic ice shelf crumbling much faster than initially thought
BusinessWorld, 2022-08-11
Antarctica’s coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses from the world’s largest ice sheet over the past 25 years,