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Oceans and the Melting of the Planet’s Ice

• An Ice Shelf the Size of Rhode Island Breaks Up in Just 24 Hours
  (The Daily Green, 13 Jan 2010)
• Sea Levels Might Rise More than Expected Due to Global Warming - Study (TopNews, 17 Dec 2009)
• Thick, Multi-Year Arctic Ice Has Effectively Disappeared, Scientist Says
  (Environment 360, 30 Oct 2009)
• Melting Kyrgyz glaciers pose threat (BBC, 28 Oct 2009)
• Climate change threatens Australia's coastal lifestyle, report warns (The Guardian, 27 Oct 2009)
• Toxic legacy seeps from melting Alpine glaciers (The Independent, 15 Oct 2009)
• 'Scary' climate message from past (BBC, 10 Oct 2009)
• Four degrees of warming 'likely' (BBC, 10 Oct 2009)
• How we know global warming is still happening, Part 2 (Skeptical Science, 02 Oct 2009)
• How we know global warming is still happening (Skeptical Science, 28 Sep 2009)
• Arctic Shortcut, Long a Dream, Beckons Shippers as Ice Thaws (New York Times, 11 Sep 2009)
• Long-Term Cooling Trend In Arctic Abruptly Reverses, Signaling Potential For Sea Rise
  (Science Daily, 4 Sep 2009)
• Mystery methane belched out by megacities (New Scientist, 17 Jul 2009)
• Arctic glacier to lose Manhattan-sized 'tongue' (New Scientist, 14 Jul 2009)
• Sea level rise: It's worse than we thought (New Scientist, 1 Jul 2009)
• Silk Road threatened by melting glaciers (New Scientist, 14 Jun 2009)
• Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Faster Than Expected;
  Larger Contributor To Sea-level Rise Than Thought (Science Daily, 13 Jun 2009)
• Melting ice could cause gravity shift (Guardian, 15 May 2009)
• Study Halves Prediction of Rising Seas (New York Times, 14 May 2009)
• Sea Salt Holds Clues To Climate Change (Science Daily, 30 Apr 2009)
• Giant mass of Antarctic ice ‘set for collapse’ (New Scientist, 7 Apr 2009)
• Collapse of the ice bridge supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf appears imminent
  (European Space Agency, 3 Apr 2009)
• Arctic meltdown is a threat to humanity (New Scientist, 25 Mar 2009)
• Sea levels rising faster than expected (Reuters, 10 Mar 2009)
• Mediterranean Sea Level Could Rise By Over Two Feet, Global Models Predict
  (Science Daily, 4 Mar 2009)
• Ice Declining Faster Than Expected (Science Daily, 26 Feb 2009)
• Greenland And Antarctic Ice Sheet Melting, Rate Unknown (Science Daily, 25 Feb 2009)
• Glaciers in China and Tibet Fading Fast (Science Daily, 22 Feb 2009)
• Arctic's personal greenhouse turns up the heat (New Scientist, 18 Feb 2009)
• Antarctic bulge could flood Washington DC (New Scientist, 5 Feb 2009)
• New evidence on Antarctic warming (BBC, 21 Jan 2009)
• Arctic ice melting faster than predicted: expert (CBC News, 24 Dec 2008)
• Arctic melt 20 years ahead of climate models (New Scientist, 19 Dec 2008)
• Changes ‘amplify Arctic warming’ (BBC, 17 Dec 2008)
• Accelerated Melting Of Continental Icepacks Is Major Reason For Rise
  In Sea Level Between 2003 And 2008 (Science Daily, 29 Nov 2008)
• Antarctica: Wilkins Ice Shelf Under Threat (Science Daily, 28 Nov 2008)
• Speed Matters For Ice-shelf Breaking (Science Daily, 27 Nov 2008)
• Carbon Dioxide Levels Already In Danger Zone, Revised Theory Shows (Science Daily, 9 Nov 2008)
• Himalaya glaciers melting much faster (MSNBC, 24 Nov 2008)
• Arctic ice thickness ‘plummets’ (BBC News, 28 Oct 2008)
• Scientists fear faster climate change (Seattle PI, 24 Oct 2008)
• Climate change is 'faster and more extreme' than feared (Telegraph.co.uk, 19 Oct 2008)
• Arctic air temperatures hit record highs (New Scientist, 17 Oct 2008)
• Satellite Data Reveals Extreme Summer Snowmelt in Northern Greenland
  (Science Daily, 10 Oct 2008)
• Glaciers in the Pyrenees Will Disappear In Less Than 50 Years (Science News, 6 Sep 2008)
• Massive Canadian Artic Ice Shelf Breaks Away (New Scientist, 3 Sep 2008)
• Arctic ice ‘is at tipping point’ (BBC News, 28 Aug 2008)
• Antarctic Climate: Short-term Spikes, Long-term Warming Linked to Tropical Pacific
  (Science Daily, 15 Aug 2008)
• Satellites help explain Greenland ice loss mystery (New Scientist, 9 Aug 2008)
• No Ice at the North Pole (The Independent, 27 Jun 2008)
• Arctic sea ice melt ‘even faster’ (BBC News, 18 Jun 2008)
• Even the Antarctic Winter Cannot Protect Wilkins Ice Shelf (Science Daily, 14 Jun 2008)
• Baltic sea ice cover hits an all-time low (Physorg.com, 3 May 2008)
• Major Arctic Sea Ice Melt is Expected This Summer (Physorg.com, 2 May 2008)
• Researchers Warm Up To Melt's Role In Greenland Ice Loss (NASA, 18 Apr 2008)
• Forecast for big sea level rise (BBC News, 15 Apr 2008)
• Antarctica's Wilkens Ice Shelf eroding at an unforseen pace (Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar 2008)
• Large Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses (Voice of America, 26 Mar 2008)
• Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013‘ (BBC, 12 Dec 2007)

Historical Records and Trends

• Arctic Lake Sediments Show Warming, Unique Ecological Changes In Recent Decades
  (Science Daily, 27 Oct 2009)
• Arctic Sediments Show That 20th Century Warming Is Unlike Natural Variation
  (Science Daily, 25 Oct 2009)
• Rare Mineral Can Track Ancient Climates, And Foretells Major Meltdown (Science Daily, 1 Dec 2008)

Extreme, Unusual, and Changing Weather

• Global warming 'to triple rain over Taiwan' (Yahoo News, 13 Oct 2009)
• Climate Change Already Having Impact On U.S., Expected To Worsen (Science Daily, 17 Jun 2009)
• Abrupt Global Warming Could Shift Monsoon Patterns, Hurt Agriculture (Science Daily, 15 Jun 2009)
• Predicting Droughts With Greater Certainty (Science Daily, 3 Jun 2009)
• Natural mechanism for medieval warming discovered (New Scientist, 2 Apr 2009)
• Rainforests may pump winds worldwide (New Scientist, 1 Apr 2009)
• North Atlantic is world's ‘climate superpower’ (New Scientist, 17 Feb 2009)
• Climate models predicted Australian bushfires (New Scientist, 15 Feb 2009)
• Europe to feel the heat of climate change (New Scientist, 2 Feb 2009)
• Drought warning as the tropics expand (New Scientist, 1 Feb 2009)
• Global Warming Causes Severe Storms (Science Daily, 1 Jan 2009)
• Ice Ages Start and End So Suddenly “It's Like a Button Was Pressed,” Say Scientists
  (IO9: Mega Anthropology, 29 Dec 2008)
• Abrupt Climate Change: Will It Happen This Century? (Science Daily, 27 Dec 2008)
• Stronger Coastal Winds Due To Climate Change May Have Far-reaching Effects
  (Science Daily, 22 Dec 2008)
• 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season Sets Records (New Scientist, 30 Nov 2008)
• Scientists resolve long-standing puzzle in climate science (Physorg.com, 10 Oct 2008)
• Strongest Hurricanes Getting Stronger (Live Science, 3 Sep 2008)
• Warmer Seas Linked to Strengthening Hurricanes, According to New Research
  (Science Daily, 3 Sep 2008)
• Global Warming Greatest In Past Decade (Science Daily, 2 Sep 2008)
• Climate Change: When It Rains It Really Pours (Science Daily, 8 Aug 2008)
• Australia faces worse, more frequent droughts-study (Reuters, 6 Jul 2008)
• US Experts: Forecast is more extreme weather (MSNBC, 19 Jun 2008)
• Tornados, Flooding May Warn of Climate Change (Science Daily, 4 Jun 2008)
• Potential Global Warming “Fix” Will Damage the Ozone Layer (Universe Today, 25 Apr 2008)
• Clearing smog reveals true extent of global warming (New Scientist, 18 Apr 2008)
• Purdue's Vulcan Project Reveals U.S. Carbon Emissions in New Detail
     (CARMA—Carbon Monitoring for Action, 8 Apr 2008)
  Purdue's Project Vulcan (Purdue University)
• Carbon Trading Not Enough, Says Rio Tinto Scientist (ABC News, Australia, 5 Apr 2008)
• Obama and Clinton plan to cool it (i.e., the Earth) (Salon, 15 Mar 2008)
• 2007 Was Tied for the Second Hottest Year on Record (Universe Today, 18 Jan 2008)
• Climatologists Forecast Completely New Climates (Science Daily, 1 Sep 2007)

Pollution, Greenhouse Gases and Other Suspected Causes

• CO2 warming stronger than thought (ABC Science, 7 Dec 2009)
• China's Acid Rain Control Strategy Offset By Increased Nitrogen Oxide Air Pollution
  (Science Daily, 15 Oct 2009)
• Arctic Has Potential To Alter Earth's Climate: Arctic Land And Seas
  Account For Up To 25 Percent Of World's Carbon Sink (Science Daily, 15 Oct 2009)
• Curbing Climate Change While Capturing Lost Methane (New York Times, 14 Oct 2009)
• Greenhouse Gas Bubbling from Siberian Permafrost (Seed, 13 Sep 2009)
• CO2 is not the only cause of climate change (The Guardian, 11 Sep 2009)
• Australia overtakes US as biggest polluter: report (Physorg.com, 10 Oct 2008)
• Union of Concerned Scientists Debunks Misleading Interpretations
  of Rice University Climate Study (EnviroKnow, 17 Jul 2009)
• Ozone hole has unforeseen effect on ocean carbon sink (New Scientist, 26 Jun 2009)
• Supervolcano may be brewing beneath Mount St Helens (New Scientist, 10 Jun 2009)
• How Humans Have Disrupted The Nitrogen Cycle (Science Daily, 5 Jun 2009)
• Way to Cut Cattle Methane, Threat to Environment, by 25 Percent (Science Daily, 9 May 2009)
• Climate Change: How The '2 Degrees Celsius Target' Can Be Reached (Science Daily, 2 May 2009)
• Landfill Cover Soil Methane Oxidation Underestimated (Science Daily, 1 May 2009)
• Humanity's carbon budget set at one trillion tonnes (New Scientist, 29 Apr 2009)
• No 'Burp' Accelerating Climate Change? Wetlands Likely Source
  Of Methane From Ancient Warming Event (Science Daily, 23 Apr 2009)
• Fire Influences Global Warming More Than Previously Thought (Science Daily, 23 Apr 2009)
• Plants Absorb More Carbon Dioxide Under Polluted Hazy Skies (Science Daily, 23 Apr 2009)
• Two ‘new’ greenhouse gases growing (Physorg, 24 Mar 2009)
• City dwellers ‘harm climate less’ (New Scientist, 23 Mar 2009)
• EPA closer to global warming warning (Update) (Physorg, 23 Mar 2009)
• Cleaning The Atmosphere of Carbon: African Forests Out Of Balance (Science Daily, 2 Mar 2009)
• Amazon Rainforest Carbon Sink Threatened By Drought (Science Daily, 5 Mar 2009)
• Permafrost is Thawing In Northern Sweden (Science Daily, 19 Feb 2009)
• Climate Warming Gases Rising Faster Than Expected (Fox News, 16 Feb 2009)
• Burp of Arctic laughing gas is no joke (New Scientist, 15 Feb 2009)
• All Earth's Seasons Now Arrive Two Days Earlier, Researchers Report (Science Daily, 22 Jan 2009)
• Scientists Agree Human-induced Global Warming Is Real, Survey Says (Science Daily, 21 Jan 2009)
• Fish ‘an ally’ against climate change (New Scientist, 16 Jan 2009)
• Humans, Oceans Shaped North American Climate Over Past 50 Years,
  NOAA Report Says (Science Daily, 29 Dec 2008)
• Climate Change Could Dramatically Affect Water Supplies (Science Daily, 29 Dec 2008)
• Climate Change Alters Ocean Chemistry (Science Daily, 12 Dec 2008)
• Methane, Potent Greenhouse Gas, Flowing Into The Atmosphere From Tundra
  Much Faster Than Expected (Science Daily, 11 Dec 2008)
• Surface-Level Ozone Pollution Set To Reduce Tree Growth 10% By 2100
  (Science Daily, 20 Dec 2008)
• Rivers are carbon processors, not inert pipelines (Physorg, 1 Dec 2008)
• Heat we emit could warm the Earth (New Scientist, 1 Dec 2008)
• Carbon Dioxide Helped Ancient Earth Escape Deathly Deep Freeze (Science Daily, 30 Nov 2008)
• Snow in the Arctic: An Ingredient in a Surprising Chemical Cocktail (Science Daily, 22 Nov 2008)
• Could fertilising trees save the climate? (New Scientist, 17 Nov 2008)
• Humans may have prevented super ice age (New Scientist, 12 Nov 2008)
• Global-warming methane spiked in 2007 (New Scientist, 30 Oct 2008)
• Polar warming ‘caused by humans’ (BBC News, 30 Oct 2008)
• Bad Sign For Global Warming: Thawing Permafrost Holds Vast Carbon Pool
  (Science Daily, 3 Sep 2008)
• Thawing Permafrost Likely To Boost Global Warming, New Assessment Concludes
  (Science Daily, 2 Sep 2008)
• Global Warming Forecasts Not Taking Into Account
  Nanoscale Atmospheric Aerosols (Science Daily, 9 Aug 2008)
• Scientists to assess Beijing Olympics air pollution control efforts (Physorg.com, 8 Aug 2008)
• Past Climate Change: Continental Stretching Preceding Opening of the Drake Passage
  (Science Daily, 25 Jul 2008)
• Scientists solve riddle of toxic algae blooms (Times Colonist, 22 Jul 2008)
• Along with beauty, fireworks create a beastly mix of pollutants (Los Angeles Times, 04 Jul 2008)
• Volcanoes erupting beneath Arctic ice. (MSNBC, 27 Jun 2008)
• Global Warming Could Release Trillions Of Pounds of Carbon Annually
  From East Siberia's Vast Frozen Soils (Science Daily, 12 Jun 2008)
• Apparent Problem With Global Warming Climate Models Resolved (Science Daily, 30 May 2008)
• Large Methane Release Could Cause Abrupt Climate Change (NASA, 28 May 2008)
• Ice Cores Reveal Fluctuations in Earth's Geenhouse Gases (Science Daily, 17 May 2008)
• CO₂ Output Must Cease Altogether (MSNBC, 10 Mar 2008)
• Nature's carbon balance confirmed (BBC, 28 Apr 2008)
• Baffled Scientists Say Less Sunlight Reaching Earth (Live Science, 24 Jan 2006)