Thinning glaciers driving polar ice loss, satellite survey finds


	Thinning glaciers driving polar ice loss, satellite survey finds
JohnWaterman
9-24-2009 2:02 PM
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9-24-2009 9:33 PM
mcsmithblack
Hope that poor bear makes it to shore. I've heard that they drown if the berg they are on floats too far from the coast.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9613c50d-d59c-4992-8d13-75aa0486f153/27C1A12A-4A88-4388-A180-3A82501B95CD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/23/glaciers-polar-ice" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/23/glaciers-polar-ice" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/23/glaciers-polar-ice"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/914E4617-F2E4-4E63-9AA0-D9B7B28EFC48" alt="Declassified Arctic : Aqua satellite image of Arctic sea ice" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/23/glaciers-polar-ice"><P>A comprehensive satellite survey of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets has revealed an extensive network of <A title="rapidly-thinning glaciers" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/jul/23/arctic-sea-ice-photographs-us-geological-survey">rapidly thinning glaciers</A> that is driving ice loss in the regions.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/23/glaciers-polar-ice"><P>The most profound loss of ice was seen along the continental coastlines, where <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/glaciers">glaciers</A> speed up as they slip into the sea. 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