[ad_1] A colossal river of ice, Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, is disintegrating at astonishing speed. Since the early 2000s, their melting rate has tripled. Rising tides threaten to flood coastal cities and displace millions of people around the world. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine (ICU), and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have pointed out … Read more
[ad_1] West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, often referred to as the “doomsday glacier” because of the potentially catastrophic consequences of its hypothetical collapse, began rapidly receding at an earlier date than scientists had previously known, according to a study published on Monday. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study used New … Read more
[ad_1] Utrecht (Netherlands), February 11 (The Conversation) Superstorms, abrupt climate changes and New York City frozen in ice. This is how the successful Hollywood movie “The Day After Tomorrow” described the abrupt closure of the circulation of the Atlantic Ocean and its catastrophic consequences. HT Image {{^subscribeduser}} {{/subscribeduser}} {{^subscribeduser}} {{/subscribeduser}} While Hollywood’s vision was exaggerated, … Read more