Global warming is causing the North Pole's position to drift, offering a new way to study the impact of our greenhouse-gas emissionsdoi:10.1016/S0262-4079(13)62927-9AnanthaswamyAnilNew ScientistAnanthaswamy, A. (2013). Earth's poles are shifting because of climate change. New Scientist 17:...
Shifting Ice Caps Magnetic Poles and Ice Caps move in Tandem Looking at the two satellite pictures taken back in 1979 and in 2003 for the Arctic, we find a considerable erosion of theIce Cap. However, upon closer inspection it seems that the melting of the Ice Cap is uneven along its pe...
The article focuses on how the Earth's poles could help researchers understand the melting of ice sheets. Topics include the observation of the North Pole between 1899 and 2013, the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on the melting of the polar ice caps, and how sea level changes impact the...