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- If all the ice melted http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/rising-seas/if-ice-melted-map 57 comments
- Melting Ice Has Revealed A 6,000-Year-Old Secret In The Rocky Mountains https://www.thetravel.com/melting-ice-reveals-ancient-secret-in-the-rocky-mountains/ 18 comments science
- The world’s ice is melting. Humanity must prepare for the consequences. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/18/greenland-antarctica-ice-climate-change-prepare/ 75 comments climate
- Unprecedented die-offs, melting ice: Climate change is wreaking havoc in the Arctic and beyond [Alaska’s Kodiak Archipelago] https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2021-12-17/north-pacific-arctic-ecosystem-collapse-climate-change 13 comments environment
- 'Massive melting event' sinks billions of tons of Greenland ice amid heat wave https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/massive-melting-event-sinks-billions-of-tons-of-ice-amid-heat-wave/993907 5 comments climate
- 'Massive melting event' sinks billions of tons of Greenland ice amid heat wave https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/massive-melting-event-sinks-billions-of-tons-of-ice-amid-heat-wave/993907 918 comments worldnews
- Antarctic Ice Sheet is primed to pass irreversible climate thresholds for melting, researchers say https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/antarctic-ice-sheet-is-primed-to-pass-irreversible-climate-thresholds-researchers/ 297 comments worldnews
- Greenland's Ice Sheet Has Melted To A Point Of No Return, Study Finds https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/weather/greenland-ice-sheet/index.html 25 comments worldnews
- Siberian heatwave: Wildfires rage in Arctic, sea ice melts https://apnews.com/f6023cf1cae76641a7ef205c22d7dce1 5 comments worldnews
- Record-Breaking Temperature of Nearly 65ºF Logged in Antarctica as Scientists Sound Alarm Over Rapid Ice Melt https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/07/record-breaking-temperature-nearly-65of-logged-antarctica-scientists-sound-alarm 22 comments worldnews
- Melting Arctic Ice Turns Up Geopolitical Heat with China, Russia: Follow The Polar Silk Road https://sociable.co/technology/follow-the-polar-silk-road-melting-arctic-ice-turns-up-the-geopolitical-heat-with-china-russia/ 29 comments geopolitics
- Alaska's sea ice has completely melted away https://mashable.com/article/alaska-sea-ice-melt-2019/ 36 comments moderatepolitics
- Greenland's ice sheet melting so fast it has caused global sea levels to rise 0.5mm in just a month https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/greenland-weather-temperature-heatwave-ice-melt-sea-level-a9030361.html 65 comments politics
- Study uncovers surprising melting patterns beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298685&wt.mc_id=usnsf_1 6 comments science
- Rain melts Greenland ice even in winter https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47485847 59 comments worldnews
- Greenland ice sheet melt 'off the charts' compared with past four centuries https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181205133942.htm 4 comments worldnews
- Greenland's ice sheet is melting at its fastest rate in 350 years https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/greenlands-ice-sheet-is-melting-at-its-fastest-rate-in-350-years 4 comments worldnews
- PHOTOS Melting the Ice: Russian Women’s Hockey League Releases New Calendar https://sputniknews.com/society/201712251060317290-photos-ice-hockey-women-calendar/ 18 comments hockey
- 80,000 Reindeer Have Starved To Death In Siberia Because Of Melting Sea Ice: Add them to the growing list of animals directly threatened by climate change. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reindeer-dead-climate-change_us_5832bda6e4b058ce7aabe78e 414 comments worldnews
- Ice cream that does not melt 'could soon hit the shelves' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11834053/ice-cream-that-does-not-melt-could-soon-hit-the-shelves.html 4 comments science
- Major Antarctic ice survey reveals dramatic melting http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27247-major-antarctic-ice-survey-reveals-dramatic-melting.html?utm_source=nsns&utm_medium=soc&utm_campaign=twitter&cmpid=soc%7Cnsns%7C2014-global-twitter#.vrrzgogrfm2 6 comments science
- Melting ice spells volcanic trouble http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26923-melting-ice-spells-volcanic-trouble.html#.vnhc9tkufc8 5 comments science
- Melting Antarctic ice is causing an actual shift in gravity http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/antarctic-ice-melt-causes-small-shift-gravity 15 comments worldnews
- Scientists Find Clearest Evidence Yet Of Monumental Polar Ice Melt http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-11/finally-clearest-evidence-yet-monumental-yearly-melting-earths-polar-ice-sheets 3 comments science
- Remember that story about the Greenland ice sheet melting? Yeah, turns out that's happened before. In fact, it happens about every 150 years. http://www.weather.com/news/greenland-melts-20120725?fb_ref=local-fb-activity 28 comments science
- Greenland's massive ice sheet melting http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/07/24/sci-greenland-melting.html 6 comments worldnews
- Arctic ice refuses to melt as ordered http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/15/goddard_arctic_ice_mystery/ 6 comments science
- Arctic ice melt may be due to undersea volcanoes http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/06/arctic_ice_melt_mat_be_due_to.html 3 comments politics
- So much ice is melting that Earth’s crust is moving. As the continents’ frozen burden dissipates, the ground deforms — not only in the immediate area, but also in far-flung locations. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02285-0 3 comments environment
- Temperatures leap 40 degrees above normal as the Arctic Ocean and Greenland ice sheet see record June melting https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/06/14/arctic-ocean-greenland-ice-sheet-have-seen-record-june-ice-loss/?utm_term=.ce632778d82c 372 comments politics
- The Chesapeake Bay is sinking due to a melting ice sheet, and climate scientists say the water surrounding Washington DC will rise at least six inches by 2100. http://www.vocativ.com/news/215848/washington-d-c-is-sinking/ 30 comments science
- We Tried to Weaponize the Weather - Cold War secrets: Melting polar ice cap with nukes, changing the sea level, even LSD weapons were all on the table http://www.salon.com/2013/04/27/we_tried_to_weaponize_the_weather/ 3 comments politics
- World’s glaciers contain less ice than thought. If all ice melts, global sea rise will only be 229' 9", instead of the 230' feet we were terrified about https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/worlds-glaciers-contain-less-ice-than-thought-report-2022-02-07/ 207 comments climate
- This melting glacier was already the biggest source of sea level rise. Then things got worse. | Pine Island contains roughly 180 trillion tons of ice — enough to cause 1.6 feet of sea level rise. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/06/11/pine-island-ice-shelf-collapse/?amp%3B_hsenc=p2ANqtz--66hLsxOsa5nia7_l9pA8X0gS_F-khf9GCQDwK1O3v7cU_sPUFYTAm-dYdPc4OnJHOIasNv44i8OCKvFSa4L4MKs6epA&%3B_hsmi=133661233&%3Butm_content=133661233&%3Butm_medium=email&%3Butm_source=hs_email 7 comments environment
- It’s only April, and scientists are already stunned by Greenland’s melting: The Danish Meteorological Institute reported that although it’s only April, nearly 12 percent of the ice sheet’s surface is covered with a layer of meltwater of a depth of at least a millimeter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/04/13/its-april-and-scientists-are-already-stunned-by-greenlands-melting/ 235 comments worldnews
- Greenland ice sheet faces irreversible melting: Most detailed ever study of Greenland ice sheet warns of irreversible ice loss https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201202114448.htm 16 comments worldnews
- New satellite maps show dire state of ice melt in Antarctica and Greenland. The world's largest glaciers are losing ice far faster than they can replenish it. https://www.livescience.com/antarctica-greenland-ice-loss-map-nasa.html 12 comments worldnews
- Scientists uncover vegetation sample uncovered by Arctic ice melting that is at least 40,000 years old (max for radiocarbon dating), and likely 120,000 years since that is how long ago it was as warm as this century https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-08307-w#abs1 8 comments science
- The melting of Antarctica was already really bad. It just got worse - A hundred years from now, humans may remember 2014 as the year that we first learned that we may have irreversibly destabilized the great ice sheet of West Antarctica, and thus set in motion more than 10 feet of sea level rise. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/16/the-melting-of-antarctica-was-already-really-bad-it-just-got-worse/ 1496 comments worldnews
- The Ice-Cream Heir Who Saw Two Fortunes Melt Away -- John Robbins rejected his inheritance and then lost millions to Madoff. But it made him a better person, he says http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-icecream-heir-who-saw-two-fortunes-melt-away-1985080.html 17 comments business