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Global Warming: Once Stable East Antarctica Losing Ice

Time Magazine - Tue Nov 24, 9:50 pm ET

A new study suggests that the East Antarctic ice sheet, which holds about five times as much ice as West Antarctica and Greenland combined, is in decline

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Wharton teaches leadership skills in Antarctica
Daily Pennsylvanian - Tue Nov 24, 9:00 pm ET
For some Wharton MBAs, learning means trekking across glaciers in Antarctica and sailing in the Caribbean. Wharton Leadership Ventures provides experiential learning for MBA students, through trips to locales like Kilimanjaro and the British Virgin Islands. One group will travel to Antarctica during winter break. read more
LSU gets to the bottom of things -- in Antarctica
EurekAlert! - Tue Nov 24, 12:17 pm ET
( Louisiana State University ) Antarctica has long held secrets of the earth's history locked in its icy depths, and until recently, there has been very little information on the environments that have been sealed beneath miles of ice for millions of years. Now, a team of researchers from nine institutions -- including LSU -- have been funded to the tune of $10 million dollars by the National ...
Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand
AP via Yahoo! News - 41 minutes ago
Ships are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting toward New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, officials said.
“Happy New Year! ThePoles.com”: 2008/2009 Antarctica speed records and new season roundup
MountEverest.net - Tue Nov 24, 11:35 am ET
09:49 am CST Nov 24, 2009 (ThePoles.com) Last season was a great year for human milestones at Antarctica and ExWeb even got a very special New Year's greeting (check snow in the top image).
Antarctica Loses Ice From East as Well as West, Scientists Say
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 1:13 pm ET
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Antarctica is losing ice from its larger eastern side as well as the western part, an indication the southernmost continent may add “significantly more” to rising seas, researchers in Texas said.
First Signs of Melting Seen in East Antarctica
Discovery Channel - Mon Nov 23, 10:09 am ET
Earth's last great icy citadel, the East Antarctica Ice Sheet, is beginning to crumble under warming.
Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand
The Standard-Times - Wed Nov 25, 12:16 am ET
The Associated Press
Icebergs split from Antarctica, head to New Zealand
The Daily Reveille - Tue Nov 24, 10:30 pm ET
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting toward New Zealand and could pose a risk to ships in the south Pacific Ocean, officials said Tuesday. The nearest one was 160 miles so...
Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand
Deseret News - Tue Nov 24, 10:47 am ET
A flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting toward New Zealand and could pose a risk...
Icebergs head from Antarctica toward New Zealand
FOX 11 Tucson - Tue Nov 24, 10:19 am ET
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand maritime officials are warning ships in the south Pacific Ocean to be on the lookout for icebergs.
David Barr's Antarctica: Leopard Seal, Elephant Seal and Penguins (PHOTOS)
The Huffington Post - Sun Nov 22, 11:12 am ET
David Barr specializes in taking photographs underwater and in Antarctica.
Icebergs heading for New Zealand
UPI - Tue Nov 24, 4:29 pm ET
DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Icebergs drifting northward from Antarctica could become a tourist attraction as they near New Zealand.
Icebergs Drifting Toward New Zealand Trigger Shipping Alert
Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 8:34 am ET
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand authorities are warning ships to be on the look out for icebergs drifting north from Antarctica and say they could pose a hazard as they approach the coast of South Island.
Drilling for Scotch whiskey on frozen continent
Tri-Valley Dispatch - 2 hours 40 minutes ago
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica’s ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whiskey that has been on the rocks since a century ago.
Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica
Science Daily - Sat Nov 21, 8:24 pm ET
A new study of Antarctica's past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The latest analysis of ice core records suggests that Antarctic temperatures may have been up to 6°C warmer than the present day.