Sea level

Look at Glaciers Past Suggests Greenland Melting Could Rapidly Heighten Sea Level
September 04, 2008
North American Ice Sheet Dwindled Fast in Conditions Like Today's

In the face of warming climate, researchers have yet to agree on how much and how quickly melting of the Greenland ice sheet may contribute to sea level rise.
Ecosystems Push South in Antarctica
March 13, 2009
Warming Climate Drives Plankton and Penguins Poleward

Adélie penguins are flocking closer to the South Pole. A new study in the leading journal Science explains why: they’re following the food supply, which is moving southward with changing climate.
Study Predicts Maximum Sea Level Rise Close to One Meter by 2100
July 27, 2009
A new study of sea level fluctuations over the last 22,000 years is the latest to predict that rising seas could reach close to one meter by the end of this century, consistent with the most recent sea level projections made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).


	Changes in the Arctic and Antarctic	As Described by Robin Bell
	A Slippery Slope?	The Water World Beneath the Changing Ice Sheets
	Polar Regions	Research at Lamont
	The Ice Beneath Their Feet	Two Scientists, One Frigid Continent, and the Thrill of Discovery