Ice Loss & Sea Level Rise
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Climate Change Imperils Centuries-Old Speed Skating Race in Netherlands
When a thousand Dutch speed skaters gathered in January’s pre-dawn darkness to race on an enormous ice-bound lake in a small town in Austria, ... -
Russian Town Overrun by Polar Bears as Sea Ice Declines
Starving polar bears have overrun a small town in Russia’s eastern Arctic, and while the immediate problem traces back to the delectable snacks someone ... -
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Lake Warming Above 1.5°C Means Less Winter Ice, More Summer Algae
The number of lakes throughout the Northern Hemisphere likely to remain ice-free in winter, and correspondingly clogged with algal blooms in summer, would more ... -
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‘Terrifying Assessment’ Shows Himalayas Losing One-Third of Ice by 2100 in Best-Case GHG Scenario
The Mount Everest area will lose more than half of its ice by 2100 in even the most optimistic greenhouse gas reduction scenario, and ... -
Giant Hole in West Antarctic Ice Sheet Intrigues, Terrifies Scientists
NASA researchers racing to understand how the rapidly melting West Antarctic ice sheet will affect sea level rise hope to learn a great deal ... -
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Halifax Declares Climate Emergency, Aims for Net Zero Carbon Before 2050
The Halifax Regional Municipality became the third major city in Canada to declare climate change an emergency, after regional council unanimously adopted a motion ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseUnited States
Explainer: How Arctic Warming Pushes Much of North America Into a Deep Freeze
With eastern Canada and the eastern and midwestern United States in the midst of a brutal cold snap, meteorologists are expecting the polar vortex ... -
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Greenlanders Apprehensive, Resilient as Melting Accelerates
As melting accelerates across Greenland, the majority of its citizens are concerned about climate change, though only four in 10 fear direct harm to ... -
Study Shows Antarctic Ice Loss Speeding Up Six-Fold Since 1979
An influx of warm ocean water has boosted the rate of Antarctic ice loss six-fold over the last 40 years, in what the Washington ... -
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New Florida Governor Opposes Fracking, Opens State Resilience Office
Although he didn’t breathe the words “climate change” or “carbon emissions”, newly-installed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued executive orders on his second day in ...
