Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic Peninsula: nonlinear intensification of melt unprecedented in last 1000 years

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 15/04/2013 - 8:34pm

A new study analysing an Antarctic Peninsula ice core has determined that there has been a ten fold increase in melt intensity over the last 600 years. I reported recently that the Antarctic Peninsula summer melt season prolonged by global warming according to research from the British Antarctic Survey.

Geography: 
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climate change
global warming
Antarctica
Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic Peninsula summer melt season prolonged by global warming

Submitted by takver on Sat, 30/03/2013 - 4:33pm

The melt season on the Antarctic Peninsula has been getting much longer over the last 60 years, at some locations doubling in length according to the research lead by Dr Nick Barrand of the British Antarctic Survey. Increased melting season increases the melting stress of ice shelves which hold back significant glacier discharge and sea level rise.

Geography: 
Global/International
Keywords: 
climate change
global warming
Antarctica
penguins
Antarctic Peninsula
king crab