Antarctica ice bridge linking islands ’snaps’ – Telegraph
An ice bridge linking a vast shelf of ice to two islands in Antarctica has snapped, providing the latest evidence of rapid climate change, say scientists.
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Antarctic ice levels lowest for 1000 years
New research released today must surely convince the Government of the urgent need to tackle climate change, Greenpeace says.
The research, involving New Zealand scientists, suggested a large proportion of Antarctic ice was set to melt over the next 100 years.
Ice Declining Faster Than Expected In Both Arctic And Antarctic Glaciers
Multidisciplinary research from the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 provides new evidence of the widespread effects of global warming in the polar regions. Snow and ice are declining in both polar regions, affecting human livelihoods as well as local plant and animal life in the Arctic, as well as global ocean and atmospheric circulation and sea level.
Researchers spot huge split in Antartic ice shelf
Antarctica’s Wilkins Ice Shelf is rapidly disintegrating, Spanish scientists reported on Tuesday, with potentially ominous implications for climate change.
An ice sheet of 14,000 square kilometres has broken off from the Wilkins Shelf, and has itself broken into several large icebergs, according to a statement from Spain’s National Research Council (CSIC).
Bleak future for Emperor penguins
The world’s largest penguins could be pushed to the brink of extinction by the end of this century due to the melting of Antarctic sea ice caused by global climate change, scientists have said.
Emperor penguins face extinction
Emperor penguins, whose long treks across Antarctic ice to mate have been immortalised by Hollywood, are heading towards extinction, scientists say.
Based on predictions of sea ice extent from climate change models, the penguins are likely to see their numbers plummet by 95% by 2100.
Antarctica on red alert
Antarctica, the only place that had oddly seemed immune from climate change, is warming after all, according to a new study.
For years, Antarctica had been an enigma to scientists who tracked the effects of global warming. Temperatures on much of the continent at the bottom of the world were staying the same or slightly cooling, research indicated.
Even Antarctica is now feeling the heat of climate change
It’s official: there is nowhere left to hide from global warming. The notion that Antarctica is the last continent not to be heating up because of climate change is dead, according to a new study.
