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Melting of ice sheets rapidly increase methane in environment, study affir
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Oslo [Norway], April 30 (ANI): Melting of the Arctic ice sheets caused rapid methane release from the ocean floor during the last two deglaciations, according to a new study led by scientists at The University of Tromso - The Arctic University of Norway.
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Ice sheet hanging on mountain fell, landmass also came into river valley:
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], February 9 (ANI): After conducting an aerial recce and collecting evidence from Raini village, the Defence Geo Informatics Research Establishment has submitted an initial report on the Chamoli glacier burst that said that a complete ice sheet hanging on the mountain fell
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Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 3 (ANI): A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars' surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not by free-flowing rivers as previously thought, according to a new study by Western and UBC researchers.
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Melting of Antarctic ice sheet under 2@C warming
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Feb 12 (ANI): A study of the Antarctic ice sheet in a 2@C warmer world demonstrates the importance of meeting the Paris climate agreement.
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Funeral held for 'dead' glacier in Switzerland
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], Sept 23 (ANI): At least 250 people hiked up to the Pizol Glacier in the Glarus Alps to hold a funeral for the ice sheet which is disappearing due to global warming.
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Greenland may become ice-less by the year 3000: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 7 (ANI): The effects of global warming may melt the ice sheet of Greenland and increase global sea level by the year 3000, say researchers.
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Himachal Pradesh: Avalanche hits apple orchards in Kinnaur
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Breaking of the thick ice sheets in the upper hills of Barang village in the tribal district of Kinnaur caused destruction in the apple gardens here in the wee hours of Friday.
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Climate change causing Greenland ice sheets to melt faster: Study
Updated : 7 years, 4 months 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, 6 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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Greenland's ice more at risk than previously believed
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 2 (ANI): According to new maps of Greenland's coastal seafloor and bedrock beneath its massive ice sheet, two to four times as many coastal glaciers are at risk of accelerated melting as had previously been thought.
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Melting ice sheet could unearth Cold War-era hazardous waste
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Aug 5 (ANI): Thought to be frozen in time, the Cold War memories may soon find their way back to the world.
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