As the Earth’s average surface temperature rises, another degree Celsius will rise 2.5 meters above sea level from Antarctica alone, and a three-degree increase in the frozen continent will see an increase of 6.5 meters, scientists warned on Wednesday. This catastrophic increase in the global waterline – enough to develop …
Read More »More than half of the ice shelf is currently at risk of buffering Antarctica crumbling
More than half of the ice sheets hitting Antarctica are preventing huge glaciers from entering the ocean and raising sea levels due to climate change, researchers said Wednesday. Due to the warm air, the molten water flowing in the deep rupture damages the structural integrity of this natural barrier. Nature. …
Read More »Up to half of the world’s oceans are already affected by climate change
The oceans of the world have been transformed into a true sponge for our emissions, and new climate models suggest that we have passed them on immediately. Since the 1950s, the vast water bodies of our planet have absorbed about 93 percent of the energy in the climate system, and …
Read More »How much heat will the earth really heat through? Here’s what the latest research says
A major new study has been published – one that provides much more certainty about the extent of future warming we might expect. Along with many other international climate scientists, it was led by my colleague, climate scientist Steven Sherwood from the University of New South Wales in Australia. So, …
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