Glacier shrinkage will hit European Alps hardest, study claims
Guardian Unlimited | 09 Jan 2011
Global warming research warns of rising sea levels and threat to water supplies. Glaciers in the European Alps could shrink by 75% by the end of the century, according to new research into the expected impact of global warming. The study, published in the journal Nature: Geoscience, concludes that,...
 Climate Change | Global Warming | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Ice Cap and Glacial Melting

The disappearing world of the last of the Arctic hunters
Guardian Unlimited | 02 Oct 2010
In the first of a series of dispatches, Stephen Pax Leonard reports on the unique culture of the Inughuit as the sea ice that has supported their ancient way of life melts beneath them. Living in the most northern permanently inhabited settlements in the world, the Inughuit people, or polar Eskimos as they are often known, have eked out an existence in this Arctic desert in the north-west corner of Greenland for centuries.
 Climate Change Impacts | Indigenous Knowledge

Sea levels may rise by as much as one meter before the end of this century
ScienceDaily.com | 14 Jun 2010
Sea levels may rise by as much as one meter before the end of this century, according to new predictions. Melting glaciers may contribute more to the rise in sea levels than scientists have previously realized. "Melting glaciers and the melting ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctic will account for 75% of the rise in sea levels, while expansion of the water as it warms will account for 25 %," said Director Jan-Gunnar Winther of the Norwegian Polar Institute
 Ice Cap and Glacial Melting | Sea Level Rise

Ice cap thaw may awaken Icelandic volcanoes
Reuters | 16 Apr 2010
A thaw of Iceland's ice caps in coming decades caused by climate change may trigger more volcanic eruptions by removing a vast weight and freeing magma from deep below ground, scientists said on Friday.
 United Kingdom | Climate Change | Extreme Weather | Global Warming | Volcanoes

Models of sea level change during ice-age cycles challenged
ScienceDaily.com | 12 Feb 2010
Theories about the rates of ice accumulation and melting during the Quaternary Period -- the time interval ranging from 2.6 million years ago to the present -- may need to be revised, due to new research findings.
 Climate Change

Alaskan storm cracks iceberg in Antarctica: study
today.reuters.co.uk | 03 Oct 2006
A bad storm in Alaska last October generated an ocean swell that broke apart a giant iceberg near Antarctica six days later, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
 Ice Cap and Glacial Melting

Swiss map permafrost after signs Alps crumbling
Reuters | 31 Jul 2006
Switzerland has carried out its first ever survey of permafrost -- the frozen soil that keeps its mountains glued together -- as evidence mounts that global warming may trigger natural disasters in the Alps.
 Ice Cap and Glacial Melting

Loss of mangroves threatens Pacific islands
Guardian Unlimited | 17 Jul 2006
Rising sea levels from global warming threaten communities in Pacific island nations, UN study says.
 Climate Change | Global Warming | Ice Cap and Glacial Melting | Sea Level Rise | Water Pollution

3C From Disaster - the evidence
ITV | 02 Jul 2006
Our Science Editor Lawrence McGinty covered 71,000 miles on his three-month epic journey to chart the devastating effect of global warming on our planet.
 Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change Negotiations | Climate Variability | Global Warming | Ice Cap and Glacial Melting | Science and Environment | Sea Level Rise

US Supreme Court to hear climate change case
Friends of the Earth- England, Wales and N.Ireland. | 28 Jun 2006
Friends of the Earth is delighted that the Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Bush Administration must regulate carbon dioxide to stop global warming.
 Carbon Storage | Climate Change | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change Negotiations | Ice Cap and Glacial Melting