Kuukausittaiset arkistot: tammikuu 2010

Major Antarctic glacier is ’past its tipping point’

NewScientist Environment sivusto kertoi 13.1.2010 uusimmasta arviosta Etelänapamantereen jäätiköiden tulevaisuudesta: ”A major Antarctic glacier has passed its tipping point, according to a new modelling study. After losing increasing amounts of ice over the past decades, it is poised to collapse in a catastrophe that could raise global sea levels by 24 centimetres. Pine Island glacier [...]