Sea Level and Ice

35+ min ago   (309+ words) Chennai: The researchers at the IIT-Madras have developed Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) maps for Chennai and Karaikal, factoring in the impacts of sea-level rise and storm surges to identify the coastal areas vulnerable to climate-related hazards. The maps are part of…...

8+ hour, 50+ min ago   (177+ words) The Earth's two major ice sheets, in Greenland and Antarctica, have lost more than 11 trillion metric tons of ice over the past nearly 50 years. This ice loss has caused sea levels to rise by 3.14 centimeters, according to a research team....

4+ hour, 47+ min ago   (558+ words) About 12.5 trillion tons of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice 5 feet deep across the continental... Earth Lost 12T Tons of Ice in 47 Years About 12.5 trillion tons of ice from…...

13+ hour ago   (721+ words) About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice 5 feet (1.5 meters) deep across the continental United States, according to a major scientific report. A…...

8+ hour, 52+ min ago   (618+ words) Sleeping with a window open in Colorado to maximize that mountain air flow seems like a good idea… that is until a black bear climbs right through it and acts as an alarm clock. People that live in bear country…...

6+ hour, 23+ min ago   (647+ words) Good morning everybody, I just learned something, so let’s all learn about this new thing together. It’s called a Kelvin wave! A Kelvin wave, explains The Weather Channel as though this is something we all knew about and it’s NBD,…...

16+ hour, 44+ min ago   (719+ words) About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice five feet deep across the continental United States, according to a major scientific report. A…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (695+ words) About 11.3-trillion tonnes of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice 1.5m deep across the continental US, according to a major scientific report. A warming Earth is accelerating the melting…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (412+ words) As climate change reshapes the risks Bhutan faces, disaster preparedness is becoming increasingly important. But how prepared is Bhutan? With awareness, preparedness and mitigation more important than ever, this story looks at what an effective early warning system should encompass…...

17+ hour, 34+ min ago   (372+ words) Researchers have calculated that Greenland and Antarctica have lost 11 trillion metric tons of ice since the 1970s, which has led to a global rise in sea level of more than 3 centimeters. “Just over three centimetres of sea-level rise may sound small,…...