Researchers warn of looming ‘death spiral’ for rapidly melting Alaska ice field | Common Dreams
The melting of Alaska’s Juneau Icefield, which contains more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating and could reach a tipping point much sooner than predicted, according to research published Tuesday. The research, which was published in the journal Nature communicationshows that ice loss from the Juneau Icefield began to accelerate rapidly after 2005. The paper’s authors … Read more