Ice Caps Melting at a Much Faster Rate

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NASA Study Says Ice Caps Melting at a Much Faster Rate
March 11, 2011

The study says sea levels could rise 12.6 inches by 2050.

http://www.newsy.com/videos/nasa-study-says-ice-caps-melting-at-a-much-faster-rate/
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Greenland's ice cap is melting at a frighteningly fast rate
By David Perlman
August 11, 2006

The vast ice cap that covers Greenland nearly three miles thick is melting faster than ever before on record, and the pace is speeding year by year, according to global climate watchers gathering data from twin satellites that probe the effects of warming on the huge northern island.

The consequence is already evident in a small but ominous rise in sea levels around the world, a pace that is also accelerating, the scientists say.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-08-11/news/17305711_1_ice-cap-greenland-s-ice-melting
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Melting ice cap triggering earthquakes
Saturday 8 September 2007

· Estimates of sea-level rise out of date, say scientists
· Religious leaders pray for planet at Greenland glacier

The Greenland ice cap is melting so quickly that it is triggering earthquakes as pieces of ice several cubic kilometres in size break off.

Scientists monitoring events this summer say the acceleration could be catastrophic in terms of sea-level rise and make predictions this February by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change far too low.

The glacier at Ilulissat, which supposedly spawned the iceberg that sank the Titantic, is now flowing three times faster into the sea than it was 10 years ago.

Robert Corell, chairman of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, said in Ilulissat yesterday: "We have seen a massive acceleration of the speed with which these glaciers are moving into the sea. The ice is moving at 2 metres an hour on a front 5km <3 miles> long and 1,500 metres deep. That means that this one glacier puts enough fresh water into the sea in one year to provide drinking water for a city the size of London for a year."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/sep/08/climatechange
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[salib]

1. Global Warming May Lead to Earthquakes

Global Warming, or global climate change, or global net energy increases ===> Melting glaciers in Greenland ===> Less mass for the tectonic plate which Greenland is a part of ===> more likely there will be a tectonic shift near Greenland

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2. EXCELLENT!

I like you.

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3. Burning Ice

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(2010)

A film documenting the journey of a group of artists on an Arctic expedition

In September 2009, documentary filmmaker Peter Gilbert joined more than 40 observers - including musicians Laurie Anderson, Jarvis Cocker, Robyn Hitchcock, Ryuichi Sakamoto and writers Suzan-Lori Parks and Andrew Revkin - on an ice-breaking ship for a nine-day voyage off the coast of Greenland with artist-led climate change project, Cape Farewell.

Their goal was to see, experience and contemplate the effects of climate change first-hand - and to begin a creative conversation with the rest of the world about one of the most important and pressing issues facing the future of humanity.

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/burning_ice/
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4. Terra Antarctica

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(2009)

This National Geographic-sponsored exploration is a one-of-a-kind look at Antarctica from a unique perspective - sea level.

For six weeks we explored the Antarctic Peninsula by sea kayak, sailboat, foot and small plane, observing the fast changing evolution of this most remote place. Impacted by climate change - temperatures have warmed along the Peninsula faster than anywhere on the planet during the past 50 years - this part of Antarctica is also experiencing a boom in tourism and nations fighting over who owns what as its ice slowly disappears. This National Geographic-sponsored exploration is a one-of-a-kind look at Antarctica from a unique perspective - sea level.

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/terra_antarctica/
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