Tag: arctic ice caps
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NASA Study Reveals Sea Levels Could Rise 15 Inches by 2100
A study found that if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current pace, sea levels could rise 15 inches by 2100. More than 60 ocean, ice, and atmosphere scientists worldwide from 36 international institutions contributed to the research. Their new estimates revealed that Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets alone could cause this surge in sea…
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NASA Releases Time-Lapse of the Disappearing Polar Ice Caps in the Arctic
Nasa released a video demonstrating the fluctuations in polar ice caps in the Arctic Sea from 1984 to 2016. The information provided in the video stated that the first ice loss occurred over a few years in 1989. It happened again in the mid-2000s. At that time, ice which had been aging for years encompassed…