Tag: Ice sheet

1.5°C Too Hot as Ice Sheets Face Unstoppable Melt, Scientists Warn

Dr. Michael Wenger

In a study published yesterday, scientists warn that the global warming target of +1.5°C is insufficient to protect the vast ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica from melting. They call for a new cooler target quickly.

Geoengineering - an option to slow down sea level rise?

Julia Hager

A new report from the University of Chicago presents various measures that could slow down the melting of glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic in the future.

How climate change affects the Earth's rotation and length of day

Julia Hager

The redistribution of mass due to melting ice sheets, ice shelves and glaciers has an influence on the Earth's rotation, affecting the length of the day and the position of the rotational axis.

The Polar Retrospective - Small and large leaps in time in polar regions

Dr. Michael Wenger

Whether it's the 25th anniversary of Nunavut's self-government or the loss of a second due to the melting of the ice sheets, time and leaps also play an important role in polar regions.

Greenland: vegetation and wetlands where there used to be ice

Julia Hager

The changes to the landscape in Greenland are unmistakable: The ice is melting, vegetation is spreading - almost 30,000 square kilometers of ice have disappeared in the last 30 years.

Drilling project in West Antarctica achieves partial success

Julia Hager

The scientific team of the SWAIS 2C project has successfully completed the first stage and recovered the first sediment cores.

More snowfall in Antarctica due to declining sea ice

Julia Hager

Rising temperatures and the decline in sea ice around Antarctica are leading to increased evaporation and more snowfall over the Antarctic ice sheet.

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets behave in opposite ways

Julia Hager

Surface ice in Greenland has been melting at an increasing rate in recent decades, while the trend in Antarctica has moved in the opposite direction.

Dimming - (no) protection for the polar ice sheets

Dr. Michael Wenger

To reduce the effects of increased solar radiation on ice melt, Earth should be dimmed, but Swiss researchers warn against this.

Even 1.5°C could be too high for 3.5 billion

Dr. Irene Quaile-Kersken

Even if countries hit the lower target for temperature increases set by the Paris Agreement, it may not be enough to prevent some countries from suffering catastrophic damage caused by ice-sheet melting