• Sea Level and Food

    Sea Level and Food

    • April 29, 2017

    The ongoing collapse of a large part of the Antarctica ice sheet could devastate global food supply, drowning vast areas of crop lands across the Middle East and Asia, according to new research. The ongoing collapse of a large part of the Antarctica ice sheet could devastate global food supply, drowning vast areas of crop

  • A worst-case scenario

    A worst-case scenario

    • March 30, 2017

    Warmer air, less-frigid water, and gravity may combine to make parts of Antarctica’s western ice sheet melt far faster than scientists had thought, raising sea levels much more… New physics-based computer simulations forecast dramatic increases… That could raise sea levels in 2100 by 18 to 34 inches more than an international panel of climate scientists

  • Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets

    Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets

    • March 30, 2017

    The research involved dozens of scientists and 10 satellite missions and presents a disturbing picture of the impact of recent warming at the poles… More than 4 trillon tonnes of ice from Greenland and Antarctica has melted in the past 20 years and flowed into the oceans, pushing up sea levels, according to a study