MELTDOWN

MELTDOWN

Daily Record - Jan 30 11:36 PM

GLOBAL warming is melting the worlds polar ice caps far faster than previously believed. Deterioration of the Antarctic ice sheet is speeding up, raising the possibility of a sea level rise of 16ft.

TOMORROW'S CLIMATE, TODAY'S CHALLENGE

TOMORROW'S CLIMATE, TODAY'S CHALLENGE

Government News Network - Jan 26 3:47 AM

Climate Change Minister Elliot Morley today launched a national search for nine young people, each representing regions across England, who will act as the voices of climate change in their region.

Mt Cook may be off limit

Mt Cook may be off limits

NZCity - Jan 02 2:16 PM

The country's highest mountain could soon be off limits to climbers. Global warming is being blamed for a melt at the top of Mount Cook, which may prevent mountaineers attempting it

A WARMING WORLD: THE DIFFERENCE A DEGREE MAKES / SEASHORE SEA CHANGE

A WARMING WORLD: THE DIFFERENCE A DEGREE MAKES / SEASHORE SEA CHANGE

San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 16 3:35 AM

On the edge of the California coast, in the tide pools that tourists can see from Cannery Row, delicate anemones and sea stars are helping to tell the story of a warming world. At low tide in the dawn light, John Pearse, a retired professor of biology...

Scientists expect increased melting of mountain glaciers

Scientists expect increased melting of mountain glaciers

PhysOrg - Jan 20 9:21 AM

Sea level rise due to increased melting of mountain glaciers and polar ice caps will be much lower in the 21st Century than previously estimated. However, decay of mountain glaciers in due to global warming will be much more rapid than previously thought. These are the major results of a study conducted in cooperation with the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, which is

Mixed message on Sierra climate chang

Mixed message on Sierra climate change

The Union - Jan 23 12:35 AM

Scientists fear rising temperatures and a dwindling snowpack are the sign of ongoing climate change in the Sierra, but there's still time to turn things around.

Global warming shrinking size of 'world's rooftop' in Tibet

Global warming shrinking size of 'world's rooftop' in Tibet

Asahi.com - Jan 03 6:38 PM

MEILI SNOW MOUNTAIN, China--The "rooftop of the world" is melting. Thanks to global warming, glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are rapidly liquefying, possibly causing many of the region's water woes--especially flooding--in the past decades.

Report: Global warming soon irreversible

Report: Global warming soon irreversible

New Kerala - Jan 29 6:23 PM

WASHINGTON: There is growing concern that global warming, if left unchecked, will reach a point of no return within just decades, The Washington Post reported Sunday.

Study Says Global Warming Occuring Faster Than Predicted

Study Says Global Warming Occuring Faster Than Predicted

Radio Free Europe: Radio Library - Jan 30 1:38 PM

30 January 2006 -- A new study on global warming published by the British government says ice at the Earth's poles could melt much faster than earlier predicted, with serious consequences for the world's environment and economy.

Scientist Says NASA Monitors His Global Warming Claims

Scientist Says NASA Monitors His Global Warming Claims

RedNova - Jan 30 12:18 PM

By Andrew C. Revkin The top climate scientist at NASA says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture last month calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.

Global warming study: polar ice sheets could start to melt this century

Global warming study: polar ice sheets could start to melt this century

LONDON (AFP) - Global warming could cause ice at both poles of the Earth to start melting this century, driving up sea levels, according to a major study published by the British government.

The study, "Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change", collates evidence presented by scientists at a conference staged a year ago ahead of the 2005 Group of Eight (G8) summit, where Britain placed global warming high on the agenda.

Scientists warn of new coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef

Scientists warn of new coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef

AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 30 8:14 PM

Scientists warned that high ocean temperatures linked to global warming had caused severe coral bleaching in parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Arctic Ocean Ice Surges Onto Alaskan Shore

Arctic Ocean Ice Surges Onto Alaskan Shore Sat Jan 28, 4:52 AM ET

BARROW, Alaska - Ridges of sea ice packing car-sized chunks of the cold stuff slammed onto a road in this northern Alaskan town in quantities not seen in nearly three decades.

Blair-Global Warming is advancing

Blair: Global Warming Is Advancing Mon Jan 30, 3:28 PM ET

LONDON - The threat posed by climate change may be greater than previously thought, and global warming is advancing at an unsustainable rate, Prime Minister Tony Blair said in a report published Monday.

Canada Bask in Record Busting Warm Spell

• The country that winter forgot: Canada basks in record-busting warm spell Canadian Press -

  (CP) - Shubenacadie Sam and his weather woodchuck brethren could be forgiven if they forget to come out for the traditional shadow sighting on Groundhog Day.

Canada, long known as a tough-as-nails frozen oasis of a nation, has become the land that winter passed by.