Antarctica

Antarctic Ocean carbon dioxide helped end the Ice Age | J. W. B. Rae

Deep-sea coral – data was generated on deep-sea corals from 1000m below the sea surface in the Antarctic Ocean. Credit: University of Bristol Oct. 25, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A team of scientists, led by the University of St Andrews, has shown that rapid CO2 release from the ocean around Antarctica helped end the last ice age. The findings published in Nature found that CO2 was stored in the deep Sout ...

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UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning | Seth Borenstein

Oct. 8, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, ...

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Trillion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica (Update) | AFP

Thermal wavelength image of a large iceberg, which has calved off the Larsen C ice shelf. Darker colors are colder, and brighter colors are warmer, so the rift between the iceberg and the ice shelf a ...

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Meltwater lakes under the Antarctic Ice Sheet accelerated glacial retreat in the Earth's past | Alfred Wegener Institute

A satellite image of Antarctica. Credit: Wikipedia, Public Domain June 1, 2017 (Phys.org) -- During the last glacial period -- when the ice in the Antarctic was far thicker and extended further offsh ...

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Nuclear Calendar -- March 10, 2015 | FCNL

Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Scheduled national and international events related to nuclear weapons and proliferation issues. March 10, 2015 March 6-15 House of Repre ...

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Climate change: why the Guardian is putting threat to Earth front and centre | Alan Rusbridger

As global warming argument moves on to politics and business, Alan Rusbridger explains the thinking behind the Guardian newspaper's major series on the climate crisis A polar bear in the arctic wilde ...

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Antarctica's Retreating Ice May Re-Shape Earth | Luis Andrews Henao and Seth Borenstein

THE BIG MELT In this Jan. 22, 2015 photo, a zodiac carrying a team of international scientists heads to Chile's station Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctica. Water is eating away at the Antarctic ice, melt ...

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Climate-Change Summary And Update | Guy McPherson

Guy McPhersonEditor's Note: Here are a few links discussing Guy McPherson's ideas about the climate. John Michael Greer dismisses him as a crank. Judge for yourself. --Francis Goodwin http://worldnew ...

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Errant Climate May Be Sign of Breakdown, Scientists Say (Charles J. Hanley)

Heat waves, fires, and floods fit their predictions Aug. 13, 2010 -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Floods, fires, melting ice, and feverish heat -- from smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Iowa and the High Arcti ...

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Revolution and Repression in America (Andrew Gavin Marshall)

This is Part 2 of the series, "The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom." Part 1: The Global Political Awakening and the New World Order Introduction June 29, 2010 (Global Research) -- ...

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The Global Political Awakening and the New World Order (Andrew Gavin Marshall)

This is Part 1 of the series, "The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom." June 24, 2010 (Global Research) -- There is a new and unique development in human history that is taking place ...

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