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Stories about: ice shelf

Global Warming Creates New Economic Possibilities in the Arctic Global warming seems to be causing even more than glacier meltdowns and temperature rises; it also prompts countries neighboring the Arctic to think about negotiating the division of the new stretches of sea that are currently formed by ice sheet withdrawals. The European Union is already talking about regulating the... 20 November 2008 10:21 GMT Polar Warming Linked to Human Activities Over the past few years, opponents to the idea that pollution and human activities are causing global warming and climate change have been using the situation in the Antarctic as their most solid argument. They said that the ice spreads in Eastern Antarctica were growing and that this was enough proof that people had... 18 November 2008 08:59 GMT Underground Lakes Drive Glaciers in Antarctica to the Ocean Most glaciers in the Antarctic don't lie on solid rock, as many believe. Instead, they virtually float on top of underground glacial lakes, which are more like fluid ice streams. They act as a lubricant layer between the rock bed and the glaciers on top, thus allowing gigatonnes of ice to move towards the ocean.... 17 November 2008 10:31 GMT