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Antarctic ice melting so fast whole continent may be at risk by 2100
2015-10-12 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Antarctic ice is melting so fast that the stability of the whole continent could be at risk by 2100, scientists have warned. Widespread collapse of Antarctic ice shelves floating extensions of land ice projecting into the sea could pave the way for dramatic rises in sea level. The new research predicts a doubling of surface melting of the ice shelves by 2050. By the end of the century, the melting rate could surpass the point associated with ice shelf collapse, it is claimed. Related:...
Antarctic ice loss challenged by new NASA study
2015-10-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning News: The hostile home of the blizzard may have been more like a climate change friend. A new NASA study challenges an accepted belief that Antarctica has lost billions of tonnes more ice to melt, than it has gained through snowfall. Instead, according to the study findings, the vast East Antarctic ice sheet accumulated snow at a high enough rate in recent decades to outweigh losses elsewhere around the frozen continent, and to reduce sea level. The fate of Antarctica's land-bound ice is seen...
British Antarctic Survey Navigates Surge of Scientific Research and Complex Climate Models with DDN Hybrid Flash Storage Appliance
2015-10-02 12:31:11| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
BAS Leverages DDN Storage to Maximize Big Data Insights, Increase Storage Reliability and Deliver 10x Boost in Storage Capacity within Smaller Data Center Footprint SANTA CLARA, Calif., DataDirect Networks (DDN) today announced that British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has deployed DDN's SFA7700X hybrid flash storage...
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Climate Change: New Computer Model Efficiently Measures Antarctic Ice Melt
2015-09-25 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: What would Earth look like if we continue to burn all available fossil fuels, causing global temperatures to increase by 20 degrees Fahrenheit? That's the question University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers set out to answer by applying a new computer model that focusses on the Antarctic ice sheet. The Antarctic ice sheet is larger than the U.S. with an average thickness of 6,200 feet and all by itself contains more than 50 percent of the world's fresh water. If it melted, sea levels would rise...
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Antarctic Seafloor Life Is Locking Away a Lot of Carbon, Study Says
2015-09-22 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The loss of sea ice over Antarctic waters has caused certain forms of life to flourish on the seafloor, and those underwater communities are acting as important and unexpected carbon sinks, according to research published in the journal Current Biology. Based on studies of West Antarctic bryozoans aquatic invertebrates sometimes referred to as "moss animals" researchers have found that those and other seafloor organisms could play important roles in accumulating and burying carbon, removing it...
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