Ice sheet collapsing
The
Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets contain more than 99 percent of the
freshwater ice on Earth. Previous papers have shown that the melting of
the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is inevitable, and it could raise sea
levels by …
The Verge · 25 minutes ago
The
Pine Island Glacier, part of the ice shelf that bounds the West
Antarctic Ice Sheet, is one of two glaciers that researchers believe are
most likely to …
Science Daily · 1 day ago
more
ice sheets are melting -- especially the ones located in the West
Antarctic. Recently, it shows that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is
breaking apart …
Science World Report · 12 hours ago
The
finding has researchers worried this rift might contribute to the
inevitable collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The 20-mile long
crack can be …
Inhabitat · 5 hours ago
Ice
sheets breaking off Antarctica isn’t anything particularly ... More
than half of the world’s fresh water is frozen in Antarctica, and if the
entire West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapses, it would result in a
sea-level rise of about 3 …
iflscience.com · 4 hours ago
We’ve
already talked about the Arctic and how climate change is melting the
North Pole at worrying speed — it could raise the ocean by 20 feet. But
if …
Yahoo News · 3 hours ago
A
new rift in West Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier, photographed during a
NASA Operation IceBridge flyover on November 4th, 2016. Image: …
Gizmodo · 16 hours ago
"It's
generally accepted that it's no longer a question of whether the West
Antarctic Ice Sheet will melt, it's a question of when." A key glacier
in Antarctica is …
thescienceexplorer.com · 6 hours ago
Ian
Howat, lead researcher and associate professor of earth sciences, says,
"It's generally accepted that it's no longer a question of whether the …
diy-home-garden.com · 8 hours ago
West
Antarctica's largest glacier may have started retreating as early as
the 1940s Washington DC - infoZine - The present-day thinning and
retreat of Pine Island Glacier, one of the largest and fastest shrinking
glaciers …
Kansas City infoZine · 11/26/2016
The
West Antarctic Ice Sheet is one of the largest potential sources of
water that will contribute to rising sea levels. Over the past 40 years,
…
Science Daily · 11/23/2016
The
West Antarctic Ice Sheet is one of the largest potential sources of
water that will contribute to rising sea levels. Over the past 40 years,
glaciers flowing into the Amundsen Sea sector of the ice sheet have
thinned at an …
Space Daily · 11/25/2016
SEE
ALSO: Large parts of West Antarctic Ice Sheet could collapse 'in our
lifetimes' The high winds that hit on Monday, and are continuing in some
…
Mashable · 5 hours ago
The
West Antarctic ice sheet holds enough water to raise the world’s oceans
an estimated 10 feet, and it’s shrinking. Scientists analyzing the …
PBS · 11/26/2016
The
present-day thinning and retreat of Pine Island Glacier, one of the
largest and fastest shrinking glaciers of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet,
may …
www.nsf.gov · 11/27/2016
The
AGU reports: “It’s generally accepted that it’s no longer a question of
whether the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will melt, it’s a question of
when,” said Ian Howat, associate professor of Earth sciences at Ohio
State and lead …
Daily Kos · 21 hours ago
...
research by the British Antarctic Survey also showed that the present
day loss of the Pine Island Glacier on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has
been …
notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com · 11/25/2016
In
2009, Al Gore announced ‘there is a 75 per cent chance that the entire
north polar ice cap, during the summer months, could be completely
ice-free …
news.valubit.com · 11/25/2016
Unlike
extremely doubtful human warming influence upon Antarctic glaciers,
recent man-made cooling of the political climate is indisputable. …
cfact.org · 11/21/2016
The
now President-elect has repeatedly expressed that the U.S. shouldn't
waste "financial resources" on climate change and should instead use …
perspectivabetica.com · 11/20/2016
The
northernmost Antarctic Peninsula, viewed from the northeast aboard the
IceBridge research aircraft on an Oct. 17, 2016, flight toward the …
NASA Climate · 11/18/2016
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The
West Antarctic Ice Sheet is believed to be breaking up from the inside
out, which could lead to rising sea levels in the future. In 2015, the
Pine Island Glacier lost 225 square miles of iceberg due to inland rifts
caused by a …
onenewspage.com · 1 hour ago
Dr
Ian Howat, who led the study, said: 'It's generally accepted that it's
no longer a question of whether the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will melt, …
Daily Mail · 1 day ago
...
Antarctic ice sheets breaking? Last year, a 225 square mile iceberg
broke off from West Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier. Scientists …
The Daily Express · 11 hours ago
Bird's
eye view of the Amundsen sea embayment, where major glaciers of the
West Antarctic ice sheet empty into the ocean. Rift in Pine Island
Glacier ice shelf, West Antarctica, photographed from the air during a
NASA …
Flapship · 8 hours ago
part
of the ice shelf that bounds the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Evidence
suggests that the glacier is breaking apart from the inside and, even
worse, a second inland rift is forming. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet has
always been a …
futurism.com · 4 hours ago
(Photo
by DeAgostini/Getty Images) ‘It’s generally accepted that it’s no
longer a question of whether the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will melt,
it’s a question of when.’ ‘This kind of rifting behavior provides
another …
Metro · 4 hours ago
which
forms part of the ice shelf that bounds the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Recently, while reviewing satellite images taken before the giant
iceberg …
Live Science · 13 hours ago
A
significant glacier that bounds the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is
cracking from the inside out. The Pine Island Glacier is a significant
body of ice that …
The Christian Science Monitor · 1 day ago
...
Antarctica is evidence large parts of the West Antarctic ice sheet
could collapse in our lifetimes. Scientists say a giant crack deep
beneath the ice in Antarctica is evidence large parts of the West
Antarctic ice sheet could …
WYFF 4 · 1 hour ago
The
Antarctica Peninsula has been referred to as Antarctica’s third ice
sheet. Following behind the East and West Antarctic ice sheet in size,
one might be …
blogs.ei.columbia.edu · 11/24/2016
The
observation opens up the possibility that many more deep rifts could
form and allow the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to break up more quickly,
the …
This Antarctic glacier is cracking from the inside out — and that’s bad news for all of us
Because of rising sea levels
A massive glacier at the edge of the West Antarctic Ice
Sheet is cracking from the inside out at accelerating speed. That’s
alarming because this glacier — and others — function like corks in a
bottle: they keep the ice from flowing into the sea, which would raise
sea levels by several feet.
The glacier, which is described in a paper published yesterday in Geophysical Research Letters,
is called Pine Island Glacier. In 2015, a 224-square-mile iceberg broke
off from the glacier. After studying satellite images before and after
the event, researchers at Ohio State University found that in 2013, a
rift formed at the base of the ice shelf, 20 miles inland. The rift
worked its way up for two years until it caused the iceberg to break
off.
Icebergs do separate from ice sheets in the Antarctic on a
fairly regular basis. This one, though, is special. It confirmed what
glaciologists have long been suspecting: that the ice shelf is
weakening. But it also shows that the ice retreat is happening farther
inland than scientists had previously observed.
“It’s generally accepted that it’s no longer a question
of whether the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will melt, it’s a question of
when,” study leader Ian Howat, associate professor of Earth sciences at Ohio State, said in a statement.
If things continue the way they are, glaciers will keep melting, and
West Antarctica will significantly collapse “in our lifetimes.”
In the case of the 2015 iceberg, researchers believe that
the rift began deep down the ice shelf, where warming waters are eating
away at the ice. That’s a new threat to the Antarctica ice sheet, where
rifts usually form at the margins, not deep inland. Similar breakups
had been observed in Greenland and the global consequences of melting
ice in these regions are huge.
The Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets contain more than 99 percent of the freshwater ice on Earth. Previous papers
have shown that the melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is
inevitable, and it could raise sea levels by as much as 10 feet. In the
US, that would mean that cities like New York and Miami would go
underwater.
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