Antarctic glaciers are famously losing ice around the margins of the continent, writes Maria-José Viñas. But a new study from NASA shows that those losses are offset three times over by ice thickening in central Antarctica, causing sea levels to drop. However the net ice gain may run of steam in coming decades.
… NASA: mass gains of Antarctic ice sheet exceed losses Maria-José Viñas NASA … Antarctic glaciers are famously losing ice around the margins of the continent, … by radar altimeters on two European Space Agency European Remote Sensing (ERS) …
We are most certainly witnessing the onset of a rapid pulse of sea level rise, writes Harold R Wanless. And low lying areas - like southeast Florida - will be the first to know about it. So how come they're building there like there's no tomorrow?
… collapse will set in within a 30-year mortgage cycle Harold R. Wanless | 3rd June 2014 … maximum melt of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, it anticipated a raise of 4.1 to … difficult to maintain infrastructure services for and increasingly vulnerable to …
A new book on climate change brings a refreshing, visual, gag-filled view of a complex topic, writes Edgar Vaid - while including some surprisingly advanced science. The relentless jokiness may be a bit much for adult readers, but will be a hit with the young ones. And that is, after all, what it's all about.
… than the book's appeal to the widest possible age group. Indeed, the concept could prove of … on the animal kingdom of melting Arctic ice, we have a rather lugubrious polar bear confined to a berg the size of a large ice-cube, and gesturing accusingly towards its …
It takes no more than a gentle nudge to push a man over the edge of a cliff, but it is almost impossible to haul him back before he hits the ground. Given that we show no sign of putting a stop to global warming, Peter Bunyard takes a look at what the future might hold
… This has left some parts of the world ravaged by drought and famine, and others … regions are also retreating, while Arctic sea ice has not only thinned by some 40 per cent … will wreak some havoc. Glaciers and sea ice will in all probability vanish, and the …
Authors Bernd Römmelt and Thomas Henningsen have captured the Arctic’s stunning beauty and documented the struggle to survive in the face of climate change, says Priyanka Mogul
… its iconic glaciers and vast expanses of pack ice are slowly melting, subject to the growing … for meat - necessary for survival. Vivid images show the bloody carcasses and emphasise … with their traditional or cultural practices. Arctic: Treasure of the North vividly …
Global weather patterns have always been unpredictable but current changes are being amplified by the impact of people, consumption and pollution. In The New North, Laurence Smith looks at what the next four decades could bring – both for the weather and for us
… in doubt. From the creeping glaciers of the IceAge to the deluges that inspired myriad flood … climatologist to comprehend how melting Artic ice packs will gradually expose new commercial …
A new book aims to get children off their mobile phones and back where they belong: in the great outdoors. It's packed with well thought-out, purposeful activities to get children interacting with nature, but Martin Spray wonders: is it all trying too hard? Has the essential nature of 'play' somehow been forgotten?
… in 2007, a typical British primary-school-age child's 'roaming radius' has all but … authors' first task is to show us how to entice youngsters outside - sans virtual reality. … in that we are no different from pigeons, mice, and the Ebola virus. Certainly, many of …
David Shukman’s book is both an entertaining collection of a journalist’s tales and the perfect introduction to the environmental challenges facing the world today, says Gervase Poulden
… An Iceberg as Big as Manhattan Gervase Poulden | … Books Global Warming Climate Change Science iceberg.jpg David Shukman’s book is both an … soot deposits in the Arctic; most of these tragedies occur in far-flung corners of the …
The 'brutal savage' meme has enjoyed a resurgence in popular culture and establishment narratives, writes Stephen Corry, despite abundant evidence that it's fundamentally wrong. But it suits today's dominant mindset of conquest, conflict and colonialism all too well, and serves to justify the ongoing genocide and expropriation of surviving Indigenous Peoples today.
… The myth of the 'brutal savage' and the mindset of conquest Stephen Corry … War Books yanomami-cut.jpg The 'brutal savage' meme has enjoyed a resurgence in popular … tells you that no one who inhabited the iceage plains of Eurasia, for example, lived …
Gaia Vince's remarkable book is far more than a litany of the problems of global warming and mass extinction, writes Robert Hunziker. It's also an inspiring account of how people can respond to such crises in wonderful, imaginative, creative ways, achieving seemingly impossible tasks from seeding glaciers in the Himalayas, to holding back the desert with dew.
… Gaia gives an overview of the world's ice, bringing into focus the challenges faced … like Norphel. The World Glacier Monitory Service reports that, on average, since 1970, almost every single glacier …