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World’s Premier Marine Ecosystem at Risk

Robert Hunziker — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 06:15:23 +0000

The Southern Ocean is 10% of the world’s oceans. Yet, it is arguably the most significant ecosystem of the planet for marine sea life as well as regulation of CO2 and ocean heat, serving as a buffer to climate change and thereby benefiting the entire globe. It is the final frontier of life support for Earth.

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Antarctica on Edge

Robert Hunziker — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:50:56 +0000

East Antarctica, often times referred to as “the final frontier of global warming,” is making headlines once again.

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When to Build Sea Walls

Robert Hunziker — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 21:18:44 +0000

During the month of December 2021, two warnings of impending sea level rise were issued by highly respected groups of climate scientists. These are professional scientists who do not deal in hyperbole. Rather, they are archetypical conservative serious-minded scientists who follow the facts.

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What if the Doomsday Glacier Collapses?

Robert Hunziker — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 00:39:54 +0000

The Thwaites “Doomsday Glacier” in West Antarctica is spooking scientists. Satellite images shown at a recent meeting December 13th of the American Geophysical Union showed numerous large, diagonal cracks extending across the Thwaites’ floating ice wedge.

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The Doomsday Glacier Lives up to its Billing

Robert Hunziker — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 05:31:28 +0000

We've witnessed an astonishing ice mass loss rate of 500% more than the last decade of the previous century. Throughout human history, this has never happened with such far-reaching extent so rapidly.

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Microplastics Found in Antarctic Sea Ice Samples for First Time, Scientists Say

The CNCL Team — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 23:03:14 +0000

For the first time, microscopic plastic pollution has been found in Antarctic sea ice samples collected more than a decade ago, suggesting that microplastic concentrations in Southern Sea ice may be higher than previously believed.

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Polar Ice Caps Melting Six Times Faster Than in 1990s

The CNCL Team — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 05:13:53 +0000

The polar ice caps are melting six times faster than in the 1990s, according to the most complete analysis to date.

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The IPCC’s Worst Case Scenario

Robert Hunziker — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 05:38:30 +0000

A recent landmark study of massive ice loss in Antarctica and Greenland fulfills the “worst case” prognosis, as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It’s a nightmare come true, as the impact of global warming on the planet’s most significant/biggest masses of ice multiplied six-fold in only 30 years. It wasn’t supposed to happen so unexpectedly, so suddenly.

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Temperature in Antarctica Soars Past 69°F as NOAA Reports Last Month Was World’s Hottest January on Record

The CNCL Team — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 05:26:45 +0000

While the reading in Antarctica still needs to be confirmed, the Brazilian scientists who logged it called the new record "incredible and abnormal."

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A Climate Time Bomb With Trump’s Name Inscribed

Robert Hunziker — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 06:48:14 +0000

Thwaites, in West Antarctica, is the world’s most dangerous glacier. As of January 15th, scientists have labeled it: “A Climate Time Bomb.”

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Sea Level Rise!

Robert Hunziker — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 05:06:29 +0000

Sea level has been stable, at current levels, throughout recorded history for 5,000 years. That’s about to change.

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‘Precipitous’ Fall in Antarctic Sea Ice Since 2014 Revealed

The CNCL Team — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 00:40:33 +0000

The plunge in the average annual extent means Antarctica lost as much sea ice in four years as the Arctic lost in 34 years. The cause of the sharp Antarctic losses is as yet unknown and only time will tell whether the ice recovers or continues to decline.

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