Global Warming 1

  Food      ~      Water      ~      Oceans      ~      Weather      ~      Ice Sheets

Home Page

Smokestacks


Donate to Promote Global Warming Awareness

WeCanSolveIt.org

World Wildlife Fund

Fight Global Warming.org

StopGlobal Warming.org


GlobalWarming.org

 


Global Warming and the Ice Sheets

The Greenland ice sheet contains the equivalent of about seven meters of sea level rise, the Antarctic ice sheet contains over 60 meters of sea level rise.

 

 

Escalating Ice Loss Found in Antarctica

Climatic changes appear to be destabilizing vast ice sheets of western Antarctica that had previously seemed relatively protected from global warming, researchers reported yesterday, raising the prospect of faster sea-level rise than current estimates.

 

 Greenland's Ice Sheet Is Slip Sliding Away

The massive glaciers are deteriorating twice as fast as they were five years ago. If the ice thaws entirely, sea level would rise 21 feet.

 

 

When it melts ???

 

Ice Cap Decline

From: http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/Arctic%20ice%20cap%20this%20week-%20NSIDC.png

 

 

Climate Change in Antarctica

Image:Antarctic Climate Change.jpg