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Alaska’s top-heavy glaciers approach irreversible tipping point

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Enlarge / The Taku Glacier is one of many glaciers that originate in the Juneau Icefield. The melting of one of North America’s largest ice fields has accelerated and could soon reach an irreversible tipping point. That’s the conclusion of new research colleagues and I who have published on the Juneau Icefield, which straddles the … Read more

Alaska’s top-heavy glaciers approach irreversible tipping point

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain The melting of one of North America’s largest ice fields has accelerated and could soon reach an irreversible tipping point. That’s the conclusion of new research colleagues and I who have published on the Juneau Ice Field, which straddles the Alaska-Canada border near Alaska’s capital, Juneau. In the summer of 2022, … Read more

Scientists identify new ‘tipping point’ of Antarctic ice sheet, potentially underestimating future sea level rise

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Icebergs in Antarctica on February 8, 2024. A slew of research has looked at the vulnerability of this vast continent to the impacts of the climate crisis. - Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Images

The Antarctic ice sheet is melting in a new, worrying way that scientific models used to project future sea level rise have not taken into account. This suggests that current projections could significantly underestimate the problem, according to a new study. Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey found that warm ocean water seeps under the … Read more

Antarctic ice sheet: scientists identify new ‘tipping point’ that may underestimate future sea level rise | CNN

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Robert Larter Thwaites Glacier in western Antarctica in 2019. New study suggests it’s warm CNN — The Antarctic ice sheet is melting in a new, worrying way that scientific models used to project future sea level rise have not taken into account. This suggests that current projections could significantly underestimate the problem, according to a … Read more