This analysis of regional narratives of ice loss exposes the contested role of glacial meltwater amongst local residents, framing glaciers not just as physical features but also as nodes of discourse and imagination that influence climate change adaptation. Peru's Cordillera Blanca offers an excellent...
Trump's implication that glaciers and ice caps are growing "is simply wrong. Or maybe he is referring to a different planet," Zemp said. Melting ice is contributing to push up world sea levels. Andrew Shepherd, a professor of Earth Observation at the University of Leeds, sa...
Ocean-driven melting of floating ice-shelves in the Amundsen Sea is currently the main process controlling Antarctica’s contribution to sea-level rise. Using a regional ocean model, we present a comprehensive suite of future projections of ice-shelf mel
Uses ice-surface-velocity datasets and a SMB model to suggest that, overall, ice discharge from glaciers draining the EAIS was remarkably stable between around 2008 and 2013/2015, whereas those in West Antarctica increased. Article ADS Google Scholar Rignot, E. et al. Four decades of ...
s Carbon Neutrality Laboratory, says: “Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense, highlighting the urgency to address climate change and secure a sustainable future for our world. However, the window of opportunity for action is closing quickly as the glaciers are melting at ...
[03:02.72]Ice shelves take thousands of years to form. [03:06.72]They hold back glaciers that would otherwise easily [03:10.72]fall into the ocean and cause sea levels to rise. [03:16.28]For the JPL study, the researcher...
The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change omitted outlet glaciers from its sea-level-rise projections due to the difficulty of modeling the glaciers’ behavior. The new study is the first to model and predict sea-level rise from the dynamic behavior of outlet glaciers, Nick said. Choke...
2003) due to the melting of continental ice sheets. Therefore, abrupt topographic changes in Northern Hemisphere ice sheets could have forced large-scale atmospheric circulation reorganizations as continental glaciers constantly waxed and waned. According to this hypothesis, the path of the jet strea...
The value n = 4 has the potential to increase the sensitivity of ice-sheet mass loss to ongoing climate change considerably relative to n = 3 due to the stronger dependence of flow rates to changes in resistive stresses. By applying continental-scale satellite observations to standard ...
“The consequences are pretty extreme. We are concerned, and we are worried,” said one of the report’s authors, Philippus Wester, chief scientist with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development.“Urgent climate action is needed.” Related article Melting glaciers in the Canadia...