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=====What’s Driving Antarctica's Meltdown?===== | |||
[https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12112019/antarctica-ice-shelf-melt-atmospheric-river-thwaites-glacier-ocean-sea-level-rise Inside Climate New 11/12/2019] | |||
Now, new research is highlighting another threat: Since 2000, moist and warm tendrils of air known as atmospheric rivers have been swirling toward the coast more frequently, bringing more rain and surface melting. Antarctica has been losing about 250 billion tons of ice annually in recent years, and research shows the rate has increased sixfold since 1979. At this pace, researchers have suggested, West Antarctica's ice shelves may reach climate tipping points and crumble, sending sea level rise surging well beyond current projections. | |||
=====Arctic Shifts to Carbon Source – Stunning Reversal After Capturing Carbon for Tens of Thousands of Years===== | =====Arctic Shifts to Carbon Source – Stunning Reversal After Capturing Carbon for Tens of Thousands of Years===== | ||
[https://scitechdaily.com/arctic-shifts-to-carbon-source-stunning-reversal-after-capturing-carbon-for-tens-of-thousands-of-years/?fbclid=IwAR1Akt6FQsVWEemdpKnJWuuQnm61nDFbvSapAXROSd1W9xspDL6rpuwSj-M SciTechDaily 11/11/19] | [https://scitechdaily.com/arctic-shifts-to-carbon-source-stunning-reversal-after-capturing-carbon-for-tens-of-thousands-of-years/?fbclid=IwAR1Akt6FQsVWEemdpKnJWuuQnm61nDFbvSapAXROSd1W9xspDL6rpuwSj-M SciTechDaily 11/11/19] | ||
