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West Antarctic Glacier Loss Appears Unstoppable

By Guest PostMay 18, 2014Environmentbedrock, celine le bohec, eric rignot, european, fabien petit, glacier loss, greenland ice sheet, ice sheet, irvine, kolonie, mertz gletscher, NASA, operation icebridge, robin cristofari, thwaites glacier, umweltveraenderung, university of california, upstream, west antarctic

A new study by researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine, finds a rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be in an irreversible state of decline, with nothing to stop the glaciers in this area from melting into the sea.

The study presents multiple lines of evidence, incorporating 40 years of observations that indicate the glaciers in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica “have passed the point of no return,” according to glaciologist and lead author Eric Rignot, of UC Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The new study has been accepted for publication in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. (more…)

Navigate America’s Major Rivers Without Getting Wet

By Guest PostJuly 23, 2013Environmentamerica, downstream, higher elevations, major rivers, mississippi river, navigate, new orleans, online map service, streamer, streamflow gaging station, streams, surface waters, U.S. Geological Survey, united states, upstream, web connection

Have you ever dropped a stick into a river and wondered where it might go if it floated all the way downstream? Now you can trace its journey using Streamer – a new on-line service from the National Atlas of the United States^®.

Streamer is an online map service that lets anyone trace downstream along America’s major rivers and streams simply by picking a point on a stream. Streamer will map the route the stream follows. (more…)

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West Antarctic Glacier Loss Appears Unstoppable

Navigate America’s Major Rivers Without Getting Wet