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ODP pursues history of Antarctic ice sheet
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The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) is conducting a two-month expedition near the edge of the antarctic continent, the first of a series to probe the historical development of the antarctic ice sheet and its consequences for Earth's climate.
The antarctic ice sheet, the world's largest, is 35 million years old and has waxed and waned through glacial cycles. "The ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere are relatively young (about 3 million years old)," said Dr. Peter E Barker, British Antarctic Survey and cochief scientist. The waxing and waning of the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets changed sea ...
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New sea level fears as satellite discovers that the Antarctic ice sheet is melting away.(Features)
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Antarctic Ice Sheet Losing Mass
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Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Melting Rapidly; New Study Warns Of Rising Sea Levels [Correction 3/10/06]
; The Antarctic ice sheet is losing as much as 36 cubic miles...glaciologist who has studied the Antarctic ice sheet but was not involved in the new...predicted five years ago that the Antarctic ice sheet would gain mass this century as...
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No major changes in Antarctic ice sheet
; The interior of the west Antarctic ice sheet-the largest grounded repository...possible reductions in the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists have argued over...is unclear whether the west Antarctic ice sheet would be unstable in a warmer...
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Scientists warn of ice sheet risk to sea levels.(News)
; A 5pc chance exists that melting Antarctic ice will raise sea levels by up to a metre in the...Defra), examines the likelihood of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsing. Some 13pc of all Antarctic ice is locked up in the ice sheet, which is anchored to rock. In ...
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Precipitation over the Interior East Antarctic Ice Sheet Related to Midlatitude Blocking-High Activity
; ...least 75S on the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet plateau. Typically, cyclones...accumulation of the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet (e.g., an estimated 44% at...effect on precipitation in the Antarctic Ice Sheet interior, and the potential...
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Antarctic ice more vulnerable to melting than suspected
; The edges of the Antarctic ice sheet are more vulnerable...change, then these ice sheet edges could, therefore...that flow from the Antarctic ice sheet. They found...destabilizing the entire Antarctic ice sheet and hastening its...
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Antarctic ice sheet is melting at rate of 36 cubic miles a year, says study
; ...4 millimetres a year. The Antarctic ice sheet contains 70 per cent of the...total mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet is in significant decline...body, predicted that the Antarctic ice sheet as a whole would gain ice...
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Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Linked To Ocean Temperature
; ...with the rapid growth of the Antarctic ice sheet approximately 14 million years...the major expansion of the Antarctic ice sheet, which has since become a...and the development of the Antarctic ice sheet play a major role in the evolution...
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Antarctic ice sheet lost size in past 3 years, NASA says
; The Antarctic ice sheet has shrunk significantly...concluded that Antarctica's ice sheet decreased by about 152...loss came from the West Antarctic ice sheet, the study said...monitored the entire Antarctic ice sheet as a whole.
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