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Rising seas and melting glaciers: These changes are now irreversible, but we have to act to slow them downWe can also say with high confidence that oxygen levels have dropped in many ocean regions since the mid-20th century and that marine heatw...
11 Aug, 2021, 11.11 AM IST
1.5 degrees Celsius warming cap could 'halve' sea level rise from melting iceSince 1993, melting land ice has contributed to at least half of global sea level rise and scientists have previously warned that the vast ...
05 May, 2021, 10.53 PM IST
Emissions to add 15 inches to global sea level rise by 2100: NASA-led studyGreenland and Antarctica's ice sheets could together contribute more than 38 centimetres to global sea level rise by 2100, if greenhouse ga...
18 Sep, 2020, 05.55 PM IST
Antarctica ice melting increased by 280% in last 16 years, study saysThe researchers were able to discern that between 1979 and 1990, Antarctica shed an average of 40 gigatonnes of ice mass annually. From 200...
15 Jan, 2019, 12.58 PM IST
Himalayan glaciers to ice in Antarctica!A report by NASA scientists suggests that the Antarctic ice sheet may actually be expanding, growing every year, despite a warming globe!
08 Nov, 2015, 10.39 AM IST
West Antarctic coastal snow rose 30 per cent in 20th centuryAnnual snow accumulation on West Antarctica's coastal ice sheet increased dramatically by about 30% during the 20th century, according to a...
05 Nov, 2015, 01.47 PM IST
- Antarctica's underwater melt behind 90% of ice loss: Study
Melting of Antarctica's submerged ice shelves accounts for as much as 90 per cent of ice loss in some areas, a new study suggests.
16 Sep, 2013, 11.14 PM IST
- 2012 among ten warmest years ever: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of US in its annual global climate report said that 2012 was the 10th warmest ye...
16 Jan, 2013, 12.37 PM IST