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Ice melting across globe at accelerating rate, NASA says: CNN.com 12/17/2008. By Emanuella Grinberg

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Ice melting across globe at accelerating rate, NASA says

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"(CNN) -- Between 1.5 trillion and 2 trillion tons of ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted at an accelerating rate since 2003, according to NASA scientists, in the latest signs of what they say is global warming.

Source:New York Times Magazine, July 26, 2008. by Stephan Faris
This story notes that Greenland may hold great mineral wealth under its ice sheet, and mining companies are lining up!

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Ice Free

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Source: The Daily of the University of Washington: By Brian Smoliak: May 1, 2008
Speaking of Science: UW scientists offer sea level rise projections, investigate icy uncertainty

Come the year 2100, Washington State’s coastline could be in for some noticeable changes. Coastal cities from Bellingham to Olympia are already planning for the possibility of rising waters over the next 50-100 years.

Source: Reuters, April 15, 2008. By Karin Strohecker

World sea levels to rise 1.5m by 2100--scientists

As the climate models start to incorporate dynamic ice characteristics a better picture of the extent of projected sea level rise in the middle term (before 2100) is emerging. This time frame would mean that people born today will potentially live long enough to experience the impacts.

The BBC (February 24, 2008) reports on a scientific expedition to the West Antarctic Ice Shelf: Antarctic glaciers surge to ocean

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"Throughout the 1990s, according to satellite measurements, the glacier was accelerating by around 1% a year. Julian Scott's sensational finding this season is that it now seems to have accelerated by 7% in a single season, sending more and more ice into the ocean.

Source: The Australian, Leigh Dayton, Science writer, January 15, 2008

New data from the NASA GRACE mission satellite shows that ice melt at the edges of the Antarctic is accelerating, and outpacing the build-up of snow in the interior.

Antarctica's ice melting faster

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"THE most comprehensive study to date of Antarctica's ice confirms growing concern that the ice cap is melting faster than predicted.

Source: The Independent (UK), December 28, 2007

By: Michael McCarthy

The Year in Review: The planet

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No denying the cold, hard facts

Source: CNN December 11, 2007

Scientist: 'Arctic is screaming'

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"WASHINGTON (AP) -- An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that summer sea ice would be gone in five years.

SOURCE: Seattle Times, 12/11/2007
By Robert S. Boyd: McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — "Rising temperatures caused ice to melt in Greenland at a record rate this year, climate scientists reported Monday.

Greenland ice melting at record pace, scientists say