Tag: melting
The main threats from the melting of an ice shelf in Antarctica
To understand the main actors of the melting of the ice in Antarctica and to predict future events, scientists have studied the Larsen barrier, a structure of ice that maintains…
Melting permafrost threatens to release microbes and carbon
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Melting permafrost promotes global warming Permafrost, or permafrost in English, includes the soils of our planet that are permanently frozen. It is threatened…
Global warming: how many meters will the ocean rise with a total melting of Greenland
Due to global warming, Greenland ice could contribute to a sea level rise of several meters over the next few centuries. However, efforts to mitigate global warming could greatly reduce…
Listening to earthquakes to understand the melting of permafrost
Using data collected by an earthquake monitoring site abutting Mount Zugspitze, geologists have found a correlation between melting permafrost and seismic waves. The latter would propagate less quickly when the…
The Himalayan glaciers are melting at an alarming rate!
Scientists usually refer to the Himalayas as “Third pole”. Because its glaciers contain the third largest amount of ice in the world. And today, researchers are telling us that, under…
How the melting Arctic sets the United States on fire
In the Arctic, the ice is melting. In the American West, forest fires are getting more and more violent. All because of anthropogenic global warming. Researchers are now showing how…
The “third pole” is melting at record speed!
Scientists usually refer to the Himalayas as “Third pole”. Because its glaciers contain the third largest amount of ice in the world. And today, researchers are revealing to us that,…