Northern California saw one of the wettest winters on record, and all that precipitation caused snow in the Sierra Nevada to build up quickly. That will mean rapid melting now … Click to Continue »
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A new assessment of polar ice melt could mean bad news for South Florida: higher sea rise than previously thought. Based on new evidence, the Arctic Council – a cooperative … Click to Continue »
Read More »Thick ice formations in Arctic rivers are melting earlier in summer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska–Two scientists’ fascination with the layered ice mounds that build up along Arctic Alaska rivers led to an important discovery – that ice now is melting nearly a month … Click to Continue »
Read More »28 years ago, a melting glacier in Prince William Sound played a role in Exxon’s biggest disaster
In the wee hours of March 24, 1989, the channel connecting the Alaskan port of Valdez with Prince William Sound was riddled with icebergs shed from the deteriorating Columbia Glacier, … Click to Continue »
Read More »A look at melting ice sheets and the threat to sea levels
The predictions only get worse. … Click to Continue »
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