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Satellites reveal just how fast world's ice is melting

Wed, Feb 08 2012 at 1:43 PM EST
The melt rate for glaciers and ice caps outside Antarctica and Greenland made a smaller contribution to sea-level rise than had been estimated.
 

NASA image proves massive crack in Antarctic ice is growing

Wed, Feb 01 2012 at 3:50 PM EST
Scientists are quick to point out that the crack isn't connected to climate change; they have been expecting a large iceberg to split off for some time.
 

Major Antarctic ice shelf expedition canceled

Thu, Jan 12 2012 at 4:10 PM EST
The Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf project seeks to get on-site measures of melting ice and cracks to better study climate change.
 

Harp seals at risk from thinning ice

Wed, Jan 04 2012 at 7:15 PM EST
Scientists say harp seal pups off the coast of eastern Canada are dying at alarming rates due to a loss of winter ice cover.
 

Infographic: Meltdown in the Arctic

Tue, Dec 13 2011 at 8:36 AM EST
Arctic sea ice always grows and shrinks with the seasons, but thanks to global warming, it's been doing a lot more of the latter lately. Here's a graphical look at just how quickly this sea change is happening.
 

Greenland glaciers breaking at record rates

Mon, Dec 12 2011 at 9:08 AM EST
A new study suggests that glacier calving activity is high when the waters off Greenland are influenced more by warmer Atlantic Ocean water.
 

Time-lapse video: Glacier melts in Patagonia

Thu, Dec 08 2011 at 12:24 PM EST
Scientists took 1,445 photos of Chile's Jorge Montt glacier between 2010 and 2011, creating a time-lapse video of its dramatic retreat.
 

Disappearing glacier caught on film

Wed, Dec 07 2011 at 3:58 PM EST
Lakes drain due to shifts in the ice and are then slowly refilled by melting glaciers.
 

Scientists confirm Himalayan glacial melting

Mon, Dec 05 2011 at 5:01 AM EST
The effects of climate change could be devastating, as the region provides food and energy for 1.3 billion people living in downstream river basins.
 

Gigantic iceberg may break off from Antarctic glacier

Thu, Nov 03 2011 at 9:06 AM EST
Glacier is of particular interest to scientists because it is big, unstable and one of the largest sources of uncertainty in global sea level rise projections.
 
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