The total collapse of glaciers in West Antarctica is 'inevitable', writes Tim Radford, as the southern hemisphere gets warmer and glaciers are undermined by seawater. The news has emerged from a new analysis of satellite data.
… West Antarctic glaciers 'past the point of no return' Tim … The total collapse of glaciers in West Antarctica is 'inevitable', … as the southern hemisphere gets warmer and glaciers are undermined by seawater. The news …
As temperatures rise in the Southern Ocean, warmer currents are eroding the Antarctic ice sheet from below, writes Tim Radford - causing the melting rate to treble in two decades to 83 billion tonnes a year.
… invisible agency - and the rate of melting of glaciers has trebled in the last two decades. … that the melting of the West Antarctic glaciers has accelerated threefold in the last … warmer waters has accelerated the melting of glaciers in West Antarctica, and there is no …
Rising greenhouse gas levels are causing stronger winds over the Southern Ocean. It's good news for Antarctica, writes Tim Radford, as the circumpolar winds are keeping its ice caps cold. But Australia is getting hotter and drier - and its problems will only increase.
… hard to measure on the continent itself, glaciers have been in retreat and ice shelves …