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His staff was able to relieve some of the pressure against the dam by making large cuts across the ice sheet.
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CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
That research, published in January 2022 in the journal Science Advances, identified 600 zones and suggested that 300,000 meteorites are still present at the surface of the ice sheet.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
The model required exceptional amounts of freshwater flow into the Atlantic in order to trigger the tipping point — a quantity equal to about seven Greenland ice sheets — according to Josh Willis, an oceanographer with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
The ice sheets have barely moved due to a lack of wind this week, officials said.
—Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
Scientists who study Earth’s ice, for example, have raised concerns that the Earth is approaching ice sheet tipping points sooner than expected and that the IPCC’s sea level rise projections are much too low.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2024
The oceans absorb 90 percent of the heat trapped by emissions, which is causing the ice sheets and glaciers to melt and the sea levels to rise.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
But as the planet warms, melting glaciers and ice sheets — such as the Greenland ice sheet — are adding more freshwater to the system, which is diluting its salinity and disrupting traditional patterns.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
While similar retreats have happened much further back in the past, the ice sheet recovered and regrew, Smith said.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
That research, published in January 2022 in the journal Science Advances, identified 600 zones and suggested that 300,000 meteorites are still present at the surface of the ice sheet.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
The model required exceptional amounts of freshwater flow into the Atlantic in order to trigger the tipping point — a quantity equal to about seven Greenland ice sheets — according to Josh Willis, an oceanographer with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
The ice sheets have barely moved due to a lack of wind this week, officials said.
—Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
Scientists who study Earth’s ice, for example, have raised concerns that the Earth is approaching ice sheet tipping points sooner than expected and that the IPCC’s sea level rise projections are much too low.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2024
The oceans absorb 90 percent of the heat trapped by emissions, which is causing the ice sheets and glaciers to melt and the sea levels to rise.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
But as the planet warms, melting glaciers and ice sheets — such as the Greenland ice sheet — are adding more freshwater to the system, which is diluting its salinity and disrupting traditional patterns.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
While similar retreats have happened much further back in the past, the ice sheet recovered and regrew, Smith said.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Ice sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20sheet. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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