Rise in sea levels from melting ice sheets may be even greater

Last Updated: Monday, January 7, 2013, 17:55

Rise in sea levels in the future due to the melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets could be substantially larger than IPCC estimates, according to a new first-of-its-kind study.

Wildfires darkening snowpack, increasing melting in Greenland

Last Updated: Thursday, December 6, 2012, 16:53

Satellite observations have revealed the first direct evidence of smoke from Arctic wildfires drifting over the Greenland ice sheet.

Greenland `losing 200mn tons of ice every year`

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 17:02

Glacier-covered Greenland has had an average net loss of 200 million tons of ice every year since 2003, scientists who are studying the changing mass of the island using satellite data have confirmed.

Unprecedented Greenland ice melt alarming: NASA

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 10:21

The rapid melting of ice sheet in Greenland in July has left NASA scientist stunned and alarmed, raising fears of the consequences of climate change in future.

Scientists melt mystery over icecaps, sea levels

Last Updated: Friday, February 10, 2012, 19:30

Sea levels have already risen on average about 18 centimeters since 1900.

`Arctic much worse since 2006`

Last Updated: Friday, December 2, 2011, 10:54

Federal officials say the Arctic region has changed dramatically in the past five years — for the worse.

Summer Arctic sea ice melt near record

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 08:30

Arctic sea ice this summer melted to a record low extent or will come a close second, two different research institutes said on Tuesday, confirming a trend which could yield an ice-free summer within a decade.

Arctic ice melt likely to stabilise

Last Updated: Friday, August 12, 2011, 14:53

Arctic sea ice, which seems fated to melt in response to warming climate, might stabilise or even expand over the next few decades.

Polar ice melt ``accelerating rapidly, raising sea level``

Last Updated: Saturday, March 12, 2011, 18:38

The study suggests that ice sheets have become "the dominant contributor to global sea level rise.

Greenland ice loss driven by warming seas: Study

Last Updated: Sunday, February 14, 2010, 14:31

Greenland`s continent-sized icesheet is being significantly eroded by winds and currents that drive warmer water into fjords, where it carves out the base of coastal glaciers, according to studies released on Sunday.

Vast expanses of Arctic ice melt in summer heat

Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2009, 10:01

The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles of ice on Sunday in a relentless summer of melt, with scientists watching through satellite eyes for a possible record low polar ice cap.