Melting of Polar Ice Caps
Articles
25 March 2008
Antarctic Ice Shelf Disintegration Underscores a Warming World
Press Release from National Snow & Ice Data Center
Arctic losing long-term ice cover
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website
Published on January 26, 2008 by The San Francisco Chronicle
Antarctic Glaciers Melting More Quickly
by David Perlman
Escalating Ice Loss Found in Antarctica
Sheets Melting in an Area Once Thought to Be Unaffected by Global Warming
By Marc Kaufman,
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, January 14, 2008; Page A01
Climatic changes appear to be destabilizing vast ice sheets of western Antarctica that had previously seemed relatively protected from global warming, researchers reported yesterday, raising the prospect of faster sea-level rise than current estimates.
Published on January 15, 2008 by Reuters
Antarctica Lost More Ice in Last 10 Years: Study
by Deborah Zabarenko
In Greenland, Ice and Instability
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published in NY Times: January 8, 2008
Summer ice in Arctic ‘will be gone in under five years
Published on Dec. 13, 2007 by The Herald (Scotland)
Published on December 12, 2007 by Associated Press
Ominous Arctic Melt Worries Experts
by Seth Borenstein
An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that summer sea ice would be gone in five years.
At the Poles, Melting Occurring at Alarming Rate
By Doug Struck, Washington Post Staff Writer
October 22, 2007
Arctic melt is just part of a vicious climate circle
One destabilizing phenomenon leads to another -- and it can happen quite quickly. By Thomas Homer-dixon
Published: October 08, 2007
Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: October 2, 2007
Ice Caps Melting Fast: Say Goodbye to the Big Apple?
By Paul Brown, AlterNet. Posted October 10, 2007
Bleak U.S. "report card" finds warming Arctic
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent for Reuters
Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:47pm EDT
A NASA satellite image from September 16, 2007 and released on September 21, 2007, shows Arctic summer sea ice. Arctic sea ice declined this year to the lowest levels registered since satellite assessments started in the 1970s, extending a trend fueled by human-caused global warming, scientists said on Monday.
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A combination photo of NASA satellite images from September 21, 2005 (top) and September 16, 2007 (bottom) and released on September 21, 2007 shows Arctic summer sea ice coverage in 2005 and 2007 respectively. |
Loss of sea ice in graphics created by the NY Times (Oct. 1, 2007).
This web page details in clear graphics just how devastating the loss of arctic ice really is.
See the New York Times interactive graphic
Here is the video that explains WHY the shrinking ice masses in the arctic region has important implications for global heating and climate change.
Climate Change and Entire Landscapes on the Move
by Stephen Leahy
Published on Friday, October 5, 2007 by Inter Press Service
Polar Thaw: Global Warming in the Arctic and Antarctic
Photographs from 'World View of Global Warming'
by Gary Braasch
John Jordan-Cascade, Producer
Eugene, Oregon
contact: john@cascadecreativeproductions.com
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