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| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: In Greenland, another major glacier comes undone |
| Date | 2015-11-18 02:12 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <1d3thc-434.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink) |
| References | <VLWdnd6NmqiESNbLnZ2dnUU7-IudnZ2d@giganews.com> |
Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote: > In Greenland, another major glacier comes undone >> http://phys.org/news/2015-11-greenland-major-glacier-undone.html > > >> It's big. It's cold. And it's melting into the world's oceans. >> >> It's Zachariae Isstrom, the latest in a string of Greenland glaciers >> to undergo rapid change in our warming world. A new NASA-funded study >> published today in the journal Science finds that Zachariae Isstrom >> broke loose from a glaciologically stable position in 2012 and >> entered a phase of accelerated retreat. The consequences will be felt >> for decades to come. >> >> The reason? Zachariae Isstrom is big. It drains ice from an area of >> 35,440 square miles (91,780 square kilometers). That's about 5 >> percent of the Greenland Ice Sheet. All by itself, it holds enough >> water to raise global sea level by more than 18 inches (46 >> centimeters) if it were to melt completely. And now it's on a crash >> diet, losing 5 billion tons of mass every year. All that ice is >> crumbling into the North Atlantic Ocean. >> >> "North Greenland glaciers are changing rapidly," said lead author >> Jeremie Mouginot, an assistant researcher in the Department of Earth >> System Science at the University of California, Irvine. "The shape >> and dynamics of Zachariae Isstrom have changed dramatically over the >> last few years. The glacier is now breaking up and calving high >> volumes of icebergs into the ocean, which will result in rising sea >> levels for decades to come." Yawn. -- Jim Pennino
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In Greenland, another major glacier comes undone Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 19:32 -0600
Re: In Greenland, another major glacier comes undone jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-18 02:12 +0000
Re: In Greenland, another major glacier comes undone gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-18 09:45 -0600
Re: In Greenland, another major glacier comes undone gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-18 11:00 -0600
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Re: In Greenland, another major glacier comes undone "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 16:39 -0800
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