News About Ice Ages 20-NOV-09 en-us Washington (AFP) Nov 13, 2009 - Greenland's ice sheet has melted faster than previously thought, according to the results of a two-year study published by the US journal Science.]]> Chacaltaya, Bolivia (AFP) Nov 13, 2009 - Once home to the highest ski resort in the world and now reduced to a rocky mountainside, Bolivia's Chacaltaya range bears powerful witness to the precipitous melting of glaciers.]]> Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (UPI) Nov 15, 2009 - A University of Saskatchewan scientist said a severe bout of global cooling deemed the "Big Freeze" began in Canada nearly 12,800 years ago.]]> Tromso, Norway (AFP) Nov 11, 2009 - As the world climate summit closes in, scientists monitoring the impact of global warming in the far north have grown frustrated by public apathy and disbelief about the extent of the problem.]]> Paris (AFP) Nov 10, 2009 - Global warming has been blamed for the alarming loss of ice shelves in Antarctica, but a new study says newly-exposed areas of sea are now soaking up some of the carbon gas that causes the problem.]]> Kampala (AFP) Nov 10, 2009 - The changing course of a river marking the natural border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused boundary confusion in an oil rich area, a Ugandan official told AFP Tuesday.]]> Ames IA (SPX) Nov 11, 2009 - Neal Iverson opened his laboratory's walk-in freezer and said the one-of-a-kind machine inside could help scientists understand how glaciers slide across their beds. And that could help researchers predict how glaciers will react to climate change and contribute to rising sea levels.]]> New Delhi (AFP) Nov 10, 2009 - India's environment minister came under fire Tuesday from scientists for denying climate change was causing Himalayan glaciers to melt and disputing the work of the UN's top global warming body.]]> London UK (SPX) Nov 10, 2009 - Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula. This remarkable colonisation is having a beneficial impact on climate change.]]> Washington (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 - The snows capping Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest peak, are shrinking rapidly and could vanish altogether in 20 years, most likely due to global warming, a US study published Monday said.]]>