Article: Sea levels could rise faster than thought Melting of ice sheets may accelerate, say Colo., Ariz. experts.(News)

Article: Rising sea levels threaten west Antarctic ...
The Hindustan Times;  June 25, 2008 ;     562 words ... ... dramatic jump in sea levels. Opdyke said that ... mountains, with ice sheets draped off them ... to "unpin" the ice sheets, leading to a ... Since 1920, sea levels have risen about ... beneath some of the ice sheets," he said ... WAIS collapses, sea ...

Article: Climate change hits Antarctic ice sheets; ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 14, 2008 ;     571 words ... ... WASHINGTON - Climatic changes appear to be destabilizing vast ice sheets of western Antarctica that had previously seemed relatively ... accelerated over the past 10 years - as it has on most glaciers and ice sheets around the world. Without doubt, Antarctica as a whole is ...

Transcript: Profile: Melting ice sheets in Antarctica raise ...
NPR All Things Considered;  September 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... 2004 Profile: Melting ice sheets in Antarctica raise concerns ... and resulting in rising sea levels Host: MICHELE NORRIS ... could be freed by melting ice sheets. NPR's Richard Harris ... times as much to rising sea levels. Over the course of ...

Article: Heating will melt Greenland ice sheets, UC-Berkeley ...
University Wire;  April 26, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... contributing to rising sea levels. "I am interested in the polar ice sheets," said Kurt Cuffey ... small changes in sea levels, because small ... to the melting of ice sheets in Greenland. Looking ... scientists find that the sea levels were 15 to 20 feet ...

Article: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST STUDY PUSHES APPEARANCE OF ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... alone," DeConto says. "But if ice sheets and glaciers were present earlier ... possible implications for Earth's ice sheets and sea levels. "It's important that we ... also suggests that climate, ice sheets and sea level may be far more ...

Article: ICE SHEETS CAN RETREAT 'IN GEOLOGIC INSTANT,' STUDY ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... of such rapid retreat of ice sheets provides one of the few explicit ... in sharply rising global sea levels, which would threaten coastal ... global warming will affect ice sheets and the potential for rising sea levels in the future, by developing ...

Article: NASA launching satellite to keep tabs on ice ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  December 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... elevation of the ice sheets that blanket Greenland ... rise in global sea levels. Scientists fear ... Change estimates sea levels could rise 18 inches ... it would raise sea levels by mere hundredths ... also will measure ice sheets in Peru and the ...