Read more ice melt stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12572/ice-melt.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:24:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66314/us-glaciers-shrinking-fast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree major glaciers in Alaska and Washington state have rapidly shrunk over the last 50 years due to global warming—and the melting is accelerating as the climate changes, notes a government study released yesterday. The glaciers, chosen as "benchmarks" because their conditions closely parallel those of thousands of others,...http://www.newser.com/story/66314/us-glaciers-shrinking-fast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 7:39:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62476/glaciers-may-vanish-in-geologic-instant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew data about a prehistoric Canadian glacier that rapidly vanished is giving scientists a stronger model to predict the radical effects of climate change. It's very possible that the same conditions could quickly shrink today's larger ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, prompting sea levels to soar in a "geographic...http://www.newser.com/story/62476/glaciers-may-vanish-in-geologic-instant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 5:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53818/warming-is-polar-bears-top-killer-host-nations-agree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFive nations whose land is home to polar bears signed a joint statement today declaring global warming to be the biggest threat to the animals, AFP reports. Canada, Denmark/Greenland, Norway, Russia, and the US agree that “long-term conservation of polar bears depends upon successful mitigation of climate change,” the statement...http://www.newser.com/story/53818/warming-is-polar-bears-top-killer-host-nations-agree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Mar 2009 14:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50051/fishing-banned-in-melting-arctic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal panel has voted to block fishing trawlers from moving into a vast area of the Arctic Sea made newly accessible by melting ice, the New York Times reports. The move will protect 150,000 square nautical miles of US waters north of the Bering Strait while scientists assess...http://www.newser.com/story/50051/fishing-banned-in-melting-arctic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Feb 2009 5:07:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37606/arctic-ice-at-2nd-smallest-level.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArctic sea ice shrunk to its second-lowest size this summer, up 10% from last year's record, reports Reuters. The melting may not appear as noteworthy as that of 2007, said one research scientist, but the season's conditions prove otherwise. Last year's mix of warm air and favorable winds shifted the...http://www.newser.com/story/37606/arctic-ice-at-2nd-smallest-level.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Sep 2008 14:26:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35517/scientists-spot-crack-at-top-of-the-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA huge crack—seven miles long and a half-mile wide—has opened in a northern Greenland glacier as an 11-square-mile chunk of ice appears to be breaking off. The phenomenon is occurring in the Northern Hemisphere's largest floating glacier, once thought largely immune to the effects of global warming, reports...http://www.newser.com/story/35517/scientists-spot-crack-at-top-of-the-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 Aug 2008 1:59:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28693/greens-blast-arctic-carve-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEnvironmentalists are slamming an agreement reached at a closed-door meeting among nations with Arctic claims as a resource free-for-all, the Guardian reports. Ministers from the US, Canada, Russia, Denmark, and Norway insist they simply agreed to abide by the law of the sea—but green groups charge that the nations...http://www.newser.com/story/28693/greens-blast-arctic-carve-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 May 2008 4:49:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28349/huge-new-cracks-seen-in-arctic-ice-shelf.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Canadian expedition has found a major new network of cracks, more than 10 miles long, in the Arctic's ice shelves, the BBC reports. Scientists say the huge shelves are disintegrating; pieces become "ice islands" that can float hundreds of miles away as climate changes takes hold. Arctic sea ice...http://www.newser.com/story/28349/huge-new-cracks-seen-in-arctic-ice-shelf.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 May 2008 6:24:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21751/glacial-melt-hit-record-in-06.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGlaciers shrank an alarming average of 4.9 feet in 2006, the UN Environment Program says—a dramatic difference from ice loss numbers in the ‘80s and ‘90s, when glaciers lost an average 11.8 inches a year. UNEP’s director pointed to "many canaries in the climate change coal mine,...http://www.newser.com/story/21751/glacial-melt-hit-record-in-06.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Mar 2008 8:33:00 CDT