Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 11:58
The research suggests that if melting ice caps trigger rapid sea level rise, the strain that the edges of continents could experience might set off underwater landslides.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 18:49
Stretches of ice on the coasts of Antarctica and Greenland are at risk of rapidly cracking apart and falling into the ocean, which could worsen sea level rise, according to new findings.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 21, 2012, 13:36
Rapid sea ice melting in Antarctica threatens the lives of Emperor penguins, and if global temperatures continue to rise, the largest sea birds may eventually disappear, a new study has claimed.
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 21:54
A set of 80-year-old photographs unearthed in a basement archive has proved that Greenland`s ice was melting even faster then than it is now.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 10, 2011, 18:38
Data from the GPS stations has indicated that an unusually hot melting season in 2010 accelerated ice loss in southern Greenland by 100 billion tons.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 13, 2011, 00:17
The Arctic has been losing about 10 percent of its permanent ice layer every 10 years since 1980.
Last Updated: Friday, July 22, 2011, 17:36
Scientists have highlighted global warming fears and revealed that the Arctic is facing record levels of melting ice this year.
Last Updated: Friday, July 8, 2011, 17:23
Researchers have suggested that melting ice in Antarctica and Greenland is adding volume to the oceans, with the excess water gravitating towards the equator and fattening the planet in its widest part.
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