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• Climate Change “Three Times Faster Than Worst Predictions”

  Andy Rowell

  Jun04

  As you might expect this week’s blog is going to focus heavily on the G8. We will have reports from Graham at the G8, (see his first one here) as well as all the main news stories relating to climate change – one of the main areas for discussion. Having blogged for Oil Change for…
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• Retreating Himalayan Glaciers Spell Disaster for Bangladesh

  Andy Rowell

  Mar29

  Bangladesh is often seen as being in the fragile front line of climate change, being especially susceptible to sea-level rise. But now climate scientists are worrying about another equally dramatic effect – the retreat of the Himalayan glaciers that feed the great rivers on which the country depends.

• Antarctic Ice Melting Rings Alarm Bells

  Andy Rowell

  Feb16

  The long-term stability of the massive ice sheets of Antarctica, which have the potential to raise sea levels by hundreds of metres, has been called into question with the discovery of fast-moving rivers of water sliding beneath their base. Scientists analysing satellite data were astonished to discover the size of the vast lakes and river…
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• Glacial Melting Accelerating

  Andy Rowell

  Jan30

  Something of a melting ice feel to start this morning. Mountain glaciers are shrinking three times faster than they were in the 1980s, according to the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), which continuously studies a sample of 30 glaciers around the world. The acceleration is due to climate change.

• Canadian Ice Shelf sets sail

  Steve Kretzmann

  Dec29

  Scientists studying satellite imagery from the Canadian Arctic have just discovered that the Ayles Ice Shelf broke free of Ellesmere Island sixteen months ago. In an AP story running widely this morning, Warwick Vincent of Laval University said: “This is a dramatic and disturbing event. It shows that we are losing remarkable features of the…
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• Water for Millions at Risk as Glaciers Melt Away

  Andy Rowell

  Oct11

  Millions of people in South America and Asia face chronic water shortages within decades as the world’s glaciers and ice caps are now in terminal decline because of climate change. A survey has revealed that the rate of melting across the world has sharply accelerated in recent years, placing even previously stable glaciers in jeopardy.

• South American Cities At Risk As Glaciers Melt

  Andy Rowell

  Aug29

  New research has found that Andean glaciers are melting so fast that some are expected to disappear within 15-25 years, denying major cities water supplies and putting populations and food supplies at risk in Colombia, Peru, Chile, Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina and Bolivia. Some glaciers in Colombia are now less than 20% of the mass recorded…
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• Glaciers Melting Fastest for 5,000 Years

  Andy Rowell

  Jun27

  Mountain glaciers are melting faster now than at any time in the past 5,000 years because of climate change, a new study has found. From the Andes to the Himalayas climate change is leading to a full-scale retreat of the world’s tropical glaciers, meaning that we might have passed the critical threshold which could see…
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