Tag: Sea level
Climate crisis: This is how extreme the year 2023 was
CO₂ emissions, melting glaciers, heat in the ocean: the World Weather Organization is reporting records for all climate indicators. But at least one of them is good news. source site
Climate crisis: Greenland’s ice sheet is disappearing faster than expected – knowledge
When you think of the Greenland ice sheet, you might have images like this in mind: an iceberg breaks off and crashes down into the Arctic Ocean like a giant…
Climate change: tipping point in Antarctica may have been passed – knowledge
Bad news for West Antarctica: accelerated ice loss, possibly even a collapse of the ice sheet, can no longer be avoided. And with it a long-term sea level rise of…
Why the melting of ice in Antarctica poses so many mysteries – Knowledge
Robbie Mallett did not expect that heat in Antarctica would be a particular problem for him. The sea ice researcher has just spent the winter, which runs from March to…
How much is the Greenland ice causing sea levels to rise? – Knowledge
When islands in the Pacific sink into rising seas or their residents have to build ever higher dikes to protect themselves, it has a lot to do with Greenland. The…
Geophysical calculations: Will New York soon sink into the sea?
Status: 06/16/2023 1:21 p.m New York is sinking more and more and could be swallowed up by the sea. That’s what calculations by the American Geophysical Association predict. The main…
SZ climate column: Ice-free Arctic before 2040? – Knowledge
In Europe, one of the worst environmental catastrophes of recent decades is unfolding: after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine, 42,000 people are threatened by flooding, and pollutants…
Antarctic sea ice at record low: many researchers are surprised – knowledge
Sea ice around Antarctica reached an all-time low in early February. As the Alfred Wegener Institute announced, 2.2 million square kilometers in the Southern Ocean were still covered with ice…
Antarctic sea ice at record low – knowledge
Sea ice around Antarctica reached an all-time low in early February. As the Alfred Wegener Institute announced, 2.2 million square kilometers in the Southern Ocean were still covered with ice…
Global warming: why climate protection has failed so far
Can the 1.5 degree target still be reached? According to a Hamburg research team, that depends primarily on ten social factors – and things don’t look good everywhere. source site