Article: Scientists warn of ice sheet risk to sea levels.(News)

Article: Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Melting Rapidly; New Study ...
The Washington Post;  March 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... of water pouring annually from the ice sheet into the ocean -- equivalent to the ... of even its smaller West Antarctic ice sheet could raise worldwide sea levels by an estimated 20 feet. "The ice sheet is losing mass at a significant rate ...

Article: Rising sea levels could disintegrate Antarctic ...
The Hindustan Times;  June 24, 2007 ;     418 words ... ... June 24 -- Rising sea-levels could cause the Antarctic ice sheet to break up, even ... Mackintosh gauged the ice sheet's past thickness ... 7000 years ago, when sea levels rose by 100 metres, the ice sheet thinned by 200 to 350 ...

Article: Rising sea levels could break Earth's largest ...
The Hindustan Times;  June 25, 2007 ;     431 words ... ... the East Antarctic ice sheet will remain chilly ... after that, rising sea levels, caused by melting ... elsewhere, could be the ice sheet's undoing, Mackintosh ... years ago, when sea levels rose by 100 metres, the ice sheet thinned by 200 to ...

Article: Ice sheet melting key to sea level rise. ...
USA Today (Magazine);  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... and, if it collapsed, sea levels around the world would rise ... more-stable East Antarctic ice sheet would raise sea levels another 200 feet. During ... rapid disintegration of an ice sheet, and sea levels rose much faster than average ...

Article: Ice sheet melting key to sea level rise
USA Today;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... and, if it collapsed, sea levels around the world would rise ... more-stable East Antarctic ice sheet would raise sea levels another 200 feet. During ... rapid disintegration of an ice sheet, and sea levels rose much faster than average ...

Article: STUDY OFFERS PREVIEW OF ICE SHEET MELTING, RAPID ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... analysis of the ancient Scandinavian Ice Sheet, like other studies, is showing ... the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, scientists say. By itself ... a collapse of the Greenland ice sheet would raise sea levels by about 20-25 feet. One prediction ...

Article: Study Offers Preview of Ice Sheet Melting, Rapid ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  March 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... analysis of the ancient Scandinavian Ice Sheet, like other studies, is showing ... the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, scientists say. By itself ... a collapse of the Greenland ice sheet would raise sea levels by about 20-25 feet. One prediction ...