Petermann Glacier

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Petermann Glacier

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Good And Bad News About Greenland's Glaciers

From Climate Central's Michael D. Lemonick:The flow of Greenland’s glaciers toward the sea may have increased significantly in the past decade, but a new report in Nature finds that rate of increase is unlikely to continue. “The loss of ice has doubled ... [Published Huffington Post - May 08 2013]

Entities: Greenland, Sea Level Rise, University Centre in Svalbard, Petermann Glacier

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

NASA

NASA's GROVER roves over snow for over a month

NASA's GROVER, without solar panels. The laptop is a temporary fixture (Photo: Gabriel Trisca, Boise State University)Image Gallery (4 images)NASA's autonomous, solar-powered explorer GROVER has been kitted out with ground-penetrating radar to take to ... [Published Gizmag - May 02 2013]

Entities: NASA, Solar Panels, Petermann Glacier

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Do Something

Dear President Obama: When Will You Stop Talking About Climate Change And Actually Do Something?

Petermann Glacier Breakup NASAYou don't even need Congress to enact meaningful reform. p>ear Mr. President, I was hoping to get a jump on this Earth Day letter during the weekend, but I fell behind because of water in my basement. Torrential rains ... [Published Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, ... - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Do Something, Clean Air Act

First reported Jan 24 2013 - Updated Jan 24 2013 - 2 reports

Why Greenland’s Melting Could Be the Biggest Climate Disaster of All

Climate Desk: As an expert on Greenland who has traveled 23 times to the massive, mile thick northern ice sheet, Box has shown an uncanny ability to predict major melts and breakoffs of Manhattan-sized ice chunks. A few years back, he foretold the release ... [Published Water Conserve: News - Jan 24 2013]

Entities: Greenland, Climate, Disaster

Quotes

"It's very important to know that these glaciers respond to warming scenarios," Nick told OurAmazingPlanet. "Now we know for sure that the warmer atmosphere and ocean will result in further mass loss. But just looking at the changes from the last 10 years and extrapolating them is wrong" she said. "It's not science."

Greenland's Glacial Melt May Slow, Study Suggests [Published LiveScience.com - May 08 2013]

As the New Yorker put it recently, the phrase "climate change" appears 29 times in the new budget-- "but there is no new plan for Congress to take up in your ambitious legislative blueprint." Do you need an invitation? Just in case, here is a list to get you started. 1. Regulate greenhouse gas emissions...

Dear President Obama: When Will You Stop Talking About Climate Change And Actually Do Something? [Published Popular Science - New Technology, Science News,... - Apr 22 2013]

...As it happened, the ice sheet's surface almost completely melted just a month later in July—an event that, in Box's words, "signals the beginning of the end for the ice sheet."

Why Greenland's Melting Could Be the Biggest Climate Disaster of All [Published MoJo Articles | Mother Jones - Jan 24 2013]

Flash floods swept the southern Krasnodar region in the dark early hours, flushing homes and forcing residents to take refuge on roofs and in trees. "People were running out into the streets in their underwear and wrapping their children in blankets" one woman told the BBC. Nearly 180 deaths resulted from the onslaught

Timeline: The Summer of Wild Weather [Published PBS - Aug 24 2012]

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Good And Bad News About Greenland's Glaciers [Published Huffington Post - May 08 2013]
Greenland's Glacial Melt May Slow, Study Suggests [Published LiveScience.com - May 08 2013]
NASA's GROVER roves over snow for over a month [Published Gizmag - May 02 2013]
Dear President Obama: When Will You Stop Talkin... [Published Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, ... - Apr 22 2013]
Why Greenland’s melting could be the biggest cl... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Jan 24 2013]
Why Greenland’s Melting Could Be the Biggest Cl... [Published Water Conserve: News - Jan 24 2013]
Why Greenland's Melting Could Be the Biggest Cl... [Published MoJo Articles \| Mother Jones - Jan 24 2013]
Top Climate Stories of 2012 [Greg Laden's Blog] [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Dec 28 2012]
An island of ice half the size of Manhattan bro... [Published Space.com - Oct 19 2012]
Manhattan-Sized Ice Island Heads Out to Sea [Published Universe Today - Sep 17 2012]
Timeline: The Summer of Wild Weather [Published PBS - Aug 24 2012]
Image: Ice Island Drifts away from Petermann Gl... [Published SpaceRef - Aug 07 2012]