Global Warming in Antarctica: Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers accelerating,...
Scientists have been studying the climate change impacts on ice shelfs and glaciers for some time in Antarctica, and particularly around the Antarctic Peninsula where there is substantial warming...
View ArticleWaking the giant: Global Warming in the Weddell Sea, West Antarctic Ice...
Warm ocean currents are projected to melt the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica opening instabilities in the West Antarctic Ice sheet (WAIS) which will impact global sea...
View ArticleWest Antarctic Ice Sheet warming Byrd Polar Station
Image Caption: Researchers at Ohio State University and their colleagues have discovered that the central region of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is experiencing twice as much warming as...
View ArticleGlobal Warming on West Antarctic Ice Sheet three times the global average
Original article from San Fransisco Bay Area Indymedia, Dec 23rd, 2012 7:16 PM: The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is warming at three times the global average, according to temperature measurements at Byrd...
View ArticleVolcanic activity adds further to instability of West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Volcanic activity detected near the Executive Committee range in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica adds another factor to the instability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). A small eruption under...
View ArticleWest Antarctic ice sheet melting accelerates over last 4 years
By Tim Radford. The rate of ice loss from the West Antarctic appears to have accelerated sharply in the last four years, European scientists say.LONDON, 20 December - Ice is being lost over the West...
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