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, ...

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...

Antarctic ice: slippin' and slidin.' (ice sheet movements found irregular...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CLUES GATHERED FROM A MELTING ICE SHEET IN ANTARCTICA UW RESEARCH RAISES...

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. ...

MELTING GLACIER COULD RAISE SEA LEVELS SATELLITE SHOTS INDICATE ICE IN...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Greenland's less-icy mountains; Climate change (II).(Rising sea levels and...

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 ...

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 ...

Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Melting Rapidly; New Study Warns Of Rising Sea...

The Washington Post;  March 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The Antarctic ice sheet is losing as much as 36...pouring annually from the ice sheet into the ocean -- equivalent...months -- is causing global sea level to rise by 0.4 millimeters...smaller West Antarctic ice sheet could raise worldwide sea levels by an estimated ...

Glacial melt could dramatically raise global sea levels

The Hindustan Times;  November 15, 2005 ;     428 words ......up. Though the Greenland ice sheet contains enough water to raise global sea levels by 15 to 20 feet, it is...Current models treat the ice sheet like it's just an ice cube...center of the Greenland ice sheet is only 150 miles inland...

World's largest ice sheet stable.(CLIMATEWATCH)(Brief article)

Geographical;  September 1, 2007 ;     77 words ...New research has shown that the world's largest ice sheet isn't currently under threat from global warming and is...Wellington, New Zealand, who led the study, the East Antarctic ice sheet--which is 3,020 kilometres in diameter, up to four kilometres thick and contains enough water to raise global ...