antarctic ice Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 14 Sep 2015 19:47:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Is Antarctica Melting? Yes, but It (Probably) Won’t Disappear https://www.greenoptimistic.com/antarctica-melting-disappear/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/antarctica-melting-disappear/#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2015 19:47:01 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56630 Is Antarctica melting? Yes, and in fact, it is melting at a higher rate than other masses of ice around the world. Antarctica has been around for fifteen million years, but if humans do not stop burning fossil fuels, the continent could disappear for good. If all the fossil fuels stored within the Earth are burned, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/antarctica-melting-disappear/feed/ 0 56630 Bedmap2 Model Reveals Antarctic Ice’s Unknown Secrets https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bedmap2-antarctic-ice-20130313/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bedmap2-antarctic-ice-20130313/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:47:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34838 A new model developed by the British Antarctic Survey in collaboration with various international contributors, gives the opportunity to everyone to observe what happens beneath the ice cover in Antarctica. The model called Bedmap2, uses cartographic data, radio echo sounding measurements, satellite readings and seismic techniques. The result is a picture of a scenery that has […]

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