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Exceptional rise in ancient sea levels revealedScienceDaily.com | 06 Jun 2012Since the end of the last ice age 21,000 years ago, our planet has seen ocean levels rise by 120 meters to reach their current levels. This increase has not been constant, rather punctuated by rapid accelerations, linked to massive outburst floods from the ice caps. The largest increase, known by paleoclimatologists as 'Melt-Water Pulse 1A', proved to be enigmatic in many respects.
Climate Change | Research | Sea Level Rise Australian project simulates climate changeGuardian Unlimited | 14 May 2012Multimillion-dollar study subjects bushland to heightened CO2 levels and altered rainfall patternsAn Australian university has embarked upon an ambitious project - hailed as the first of its kind in the world – to simulate how the environment would cope with runaway climate change.The decade-long...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Research Stalagmite research suggests Earth has two modes of responding to changeScienceDaily.com | 04 May 2012By analyzing stalagmites, a team of researchers has determined that the climate signature in the tropics through four glacial cycles looks different in some ways and similar in others when compared to the climate signature at high latitudes. The results suggest that Earth's climate system might have two modes of responding to significant changes.
Climate Change | Research Sea-level rises 'may not be as high as worst-case scenarios have predicted'Guardian Unlimited | 03 May 2012Sea-level rises are unlikely to be as high as worst-case scenarios have forecasted, suggests new research which shows that Greenland's glaciers are slipping into the sea more slowly than was previously thought. But the scientists warned that ice loss still sped up by 30% and is driving rises in sea levels that endanger low-lying coasts around the world.
Research | Sea Level Rise 'Warming hole' delayed climate change over eastern United StatesScienceDaily.com | 27 Apr 2012Climate scientists have discovered that particulate pollution in the late 20th century created a "warming hole" over the eastern United States -- that is, a cold patch where the effects of global warming were temporarily obscured. The findings have implications for industrial nations (like China) that have not yet tightened air quality regulations.
Global Warming | Research Study finds surprising Arctic methane emission sourceScienceDaily.com | 26 Apr 2012The fragile and rapidly changing Arctic region is home to large reservoirs of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. As Earth's climate warms, the methane, frozen in reservoirs stored in Arctic tundra soils or marine sediments, is vulnerable to being released into the atmosphere, where it can add to global warming. Now a multi-institutional study has uncovered a surprising and potentially important new source of Arctic methane: the ocean itself.
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