Article: Rising sea levels would make Arctic ice free by 2030

Article: Rising sea levels could break Earth's largest ice sheet
The Hindustan Times;  June 25, 2007 ;     235 words ......suggested that rising sea levels brought on by the...Earth's largest ice sheet in the East Antarctic...East Antarctic ice sheet will remain chilly...after that, rising sea levels, caused by melting...elsewhere, could be the ice sheet's undoing, ...

Article: Sea levels may rise 25pc more than expected
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New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand);  February 8, 2009 ;     222 words ...Melting ice from global warming may raise sea levels even more than had been...other areas could raise sea levels by 5m to 5.2m. But a...thermal expansion of sea water in a warmer climate...be considered. When an ice sheet melts, its gravitational...away from it. That ...

Article: Scientists warn of ice sheet risk to sea levels.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 29, 2001 ;     184 words ......that melting Antarctic ice will raise sea levels by up to a metre in...the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsing. Some 13pc...would raise global sea levels by about five metres...convinced that the ice sheet will not disintegrate...

Article: Antarctic ice: slippin' and slidin.' (ice sheet movements found irregular in 100,000-year cycle study) (Brief Article)
Science News;  September 26, 1992 ;     304 words ......into the ocean--raising sea levels and provoking massive...on the West Antarctic ice sheet, the area most prone...surface temperatures and sea levels over 1 million years...shocked to find that the ice sheet collapsed into the ocean...a lubricant for the ice ...

Article: Global Warming Affecting Antarctic Ice Sheet: Experts
Xinhua English Newswire;  May 27, 1998 ;     232 words ...Sea levels would rise as the Antarctic ice sheet melted because...evidences that the ice sheet was considerably...rise in world sea levels. "Global warming...Australia." The ice sheet currently contains...rise in world sea levels. It would ...

Article: Rising sea levels could disintegrate Antarctic ice sheet
The Hindustan Times;  June 24, 2007 ;     220 words ......June 24 -- Rising sea-levels could cause the Antarctic ice sheet to break up, even...Mackintosh gauged the ice sheet's past thickness...years ago, when sea levels rose by 100 metres, the ice sheet thinned by 200...lifted the buoyant ice ...

Article: Sea level rise around North America upon collapse of Antarctic ice sheet to be higher than expected.
NewsRx Science;  March 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ......threats from rising sea levels. There is widespread...West Antarctic Ice Sheet may be prone to...rise in global sea levels, says geophysicist...will the rise in sea levels at most coastal...worried about the ice sheet because it is largely...West Antarctic ...

Article: CLUES GATHERED FROM A MELTING ICE SHEET IN ANTARCTICA UW RESEARCH RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT RATE OF GLOBAL WARMING, RISE IN WORLD'S OCEANS.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 3, 2003 ;     595 words ......reporter A vast Antarctic ice sheet could melt away in 7,000 years, possibly raising sea levels around the world by 16...process. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet, covering 360,000 square...dealing with global warming. Sea levels are rising because of...coastal areas. ...

Article: MELTING GLACIER COULD RAISE SEA LEVELS SATELLITE SHOTS INDICATE ICE IN HEART OF ANTARCTICA IS RETREATING AT FAST PACE.(News/National/International)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  July 25, 1998 ;     277 words ......West Antarctic Ice Sheet, causing global sea levels to rise up to 20...West Antarctic Ice Sheet,'' said study leader...retreating. If the ice sheet did collapse, it would push sea levels up throughout the...interior of the ice sheet and ...

Article: STUDY OFFERS PREVIEW OF ICE SHEET MELTING, RAPID CLIMATE CHANGES
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ......of a massive ice sheet that existed...Scandinavian Ice Sheet that existed...massive Greenland ice sheet - which exists...the Greenland ice sheet, which is that...Scandinavian Ice Sheet, like other studies...the Greenland ice sheet, scientists ...

Article: Polar ice melting may raise sea levels faster than forecast: study
Xinhua News Agency;  March 24, 2006 ;     564 words ......summertime, when sea levels eventually rise...that the Greenland Ice Sheet could raise the...suggested the Antarctic ice sheet also melted substantially...melted before and sea levels rose. The warmth...West Antarctic Ice Sheet indicate that parts...that ...

Article: Antarctic ice sheet has only a few (thousand) years of life left
Post-Tribune (IN);  January 3, 2003 ;     353 words ......deposits left behind as the huge ice sheet started melting some 10,000...contributing to a rise in global sea levels.(PHOTO) (SHNS PHOTO BY JOHN...WASHINGTON) The West Antarctic Ice Sheet has been melting and pumping...bedrock that's mostly below sea level, scientists ...

Article: Greenland's less-icy mountains; Climate change (II).(Rising sea levels and the Greenland ice cap)
The Economist (US);  February 18, 2006 ;     514 words ...On the brink Evidence that sea levels will rise more rapidly than...making predictions of rising sea levels in response to global warming...role played by the massive ice sheets that cover Antarctica...of these were to melt, the sea level would rise far more...models, was that the ...

Article: Study shows Greenland ice sheet melting faster
Xinhua News Agency;  August 11, 2006 ;     438 words ...Study shows Greenland ice sheet melting faster LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- A...satellite data revealed that the melting of Greenland's ice sheet has increased dramatically in the past few years...ice sheets are contributing to the rise in global sea levels, the researchers ...