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Considering catastrophe: high-impact, low-probability climate scenarios "d
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Cambridge (Massachusetts) [US], August 2 (ANI): A new "Climate Endgame" agenda is needed, according to researchers, who also claim that far too little research has been done on the mechanisms by which rising temperatures might pose a "catastrophic" risk to society and humanity.
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Weather extremes might amplify by 2060s due to changes in jet stream
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): During a new study, drilling deep into the Greenland Ice Sheet, researchers reconstructed the jet stream's tumultuous past and found that climate-caused disruptions are likely to have drastic weather-related consequences for societies on both sides of the
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Parts of Greenland may be on the verge of tipping, suggests new study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 18 (ANI): Scientists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have detected new early-warning signs that the central-western part of the Greenland ice sheet has been destabilizing and may now be close to a critical transition.
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Climate change causing Greenland ice sheets to melt faster: Study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 22 (ANI): Climate change is causing Greenland's massive ice sheets to melt much faster than previously thought and maybe it is "too late" to do anything about it, according to a new study.
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Greenland Ice sheet could be losing mass, says study
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], November 10 (ANI): A new study shows that global warming has reduced the mass of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet by half in as little as 500 years, indicating the Greenland Ice Sheet could face a similar fate.
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