Browsing by Subject "ice"
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Arctic Sea ice shrinks to second lowest on record
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 23, 2020 , on page A8)Warming in the Arctic shrank the ice covering the polar ocean this year to its second-lowest extent in four decades, scientists said Monday, yet another sign of how climate change is rapidly transforming the region. ... -
China trains fishing militia to venture into Spratlys
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 2, 2016 , on page A1-A23)The fishing fleet based in this tiny port town on Hainan Island is getting everything from military training and subsidies to even fuel and ice as China creates an increasingly sophisticated fishing militia to sail into ... -
Greenland lost 586B tons of ice in 2019
(SunStar Philippines,August 23, 2020 , on page 14)Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than four feet (1.25 meters) of water, a new study said. After two years when summer ice melt had ... -
Greenland's rapid ice loss driven by warming seas
(Manila Bulletin,February 16, 2010 , on page B-6)Greenland's continent-sized icesheet is being significantly eroded by winds and currents that drive warmer water into fjords, where it carves out the base of coastal glaciers, according to studies released Sunday. The icy ... -
Ice bridge in Argentine glacier collapses
(The Philippine Star,March 14, 2018 , on page 17)An ice bridge that was part of a glacier at the tip of Argentina has collapsed in the dead of night. -
Ice turns pink in Italy's Alps, sparks algae probe
(Panay News,July 7, 2020 , on page 16)Italian scientists are investigating the mysterious appearance of pink glacial ice in the Alps, caused by algae that accelerate the effects of climate change. There is debate about where the algae come from, but Biagio Di ... -
'Incredible' icy dip between two continents in Iceland
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 2, 2022 , on page B4)In between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, Iceland’s Silfra fissure is one of the world’s most famous dive sites, popular with tourists who venture into its icy waters. Visibility underwater can exceed 100 ... -
Tiny Antarctic creatures hint at sea level rise
(Malaya,September 3, 2010 , on page B5)Tiny marine creatures found on the seabed on opposite sides of the vast West Antarctic ice sheet give a strong hint of the risks of sea level rise caused by climate change, scientists said Tuesday. The discovery of very ...