New Greenland melting record – thawing across 97 percent ice sheet surface

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

First there was ‘unprecedented melting’ in 2005, then came the new Greenland melting record of 2010 – again to be broken this year, during the hot July of 2012, NASA images show.

During MIS11 interglacial sea levels were 6-13 m higher, Nature study shows

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

If you are interested in sea level rise news, you have a busy week. First we learn from a Nature Climate Change publication that the Greenland ice sheet is already gone. Then earlier today two studies published in Environmental Research … Continue reading →

Greenland ice sheet is already gone

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Heard about Sunday’s big climate news? We are afraid it is actually twice as bad as most media reports suggest:

Genetic diversity Scandinavian spruce trees higher – as some survived ice age

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Tectonic response measured to 2010 Greenland melting record

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

To notice something is going on with the world’s ice sheets, you could measure melting water runoff, glacier retreat or use satellites and GPS to measure ice volume decline. Just like measuring sea level rise and temperature this all adds … Continue reading →

New evidence for bipolar seesaw link between Greenland and Antarctica – and abrupt climate variability

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Glacials and interglacials on the northern and southern hemisphere somehow do not seem to correspond. This has led to a ‘thermal bipolar seesaw theory,’ whereby an off-mode in the thermohaline circulation leads to an ice age in Europe, but excess … Continue reading →

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