Melting Greenland Ice Sheet, Sea Ice Formation, and the Flow of the Gulf Stream
Is the massive volume of freshwater from Greenland’s melting icecaps inhibiting the flow of the Gulf Stream?
Is the massive volume of freshwater from Greenland’s melting icecaps inhibiting the flow of the Gulf Stream?
In the Arctic, a great change is taking place. Permafrost, which covers around 25 percent of exposed land in the Northern Hemisphere, is melting.
Will the forcings and feedbacks of climate change get the best of us?
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The Arctic is an “indicator region” for the rest of the planet: small changes there can have profound ecosystem impacts elsewhere in the world…
Dear EarthTalk: To what extent is Antarctica really melting and what impact might it have on coastlines around the world? — Andrea Hutchinson, Cary, NC The Antarctic continent, roughly the size of the United States and Mexico combined, is composed of rock covered by glaciers some 16,000 feet thick. The glaciers form from fallen snow compacting […]
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Top winter athletes take charge in fighting global warming.
Remembrances of snowy (and icy, freezing, wind-whipping) winters past.