News About Ice Ages 09-NOV-09 en-us 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.]]> Vancouver, Canada (AFP) Oct 31, 2009 - The Salish Sea may never appear on official navigation maps, but residents of western regions in the United States and Canada hope a new name will protect their shared coastal waters. ]]> Columbus OH (SPX) Oct 29, 2009 - Researchers here have discovered the pivotal role that volcanoes played in a deadly ice age 450 million years ago. Perhaps ironically, these volcanoes first caused global warming - by releasing massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. When they stopped erupting, Earth's climate was thrown off balance, and the ice age began.]]> Washington (AFP) Oct 22, 2009 - The United States on Thursday announced plans to designate more than 200,000 square miles in Alaska as critical habitat for polar bears, a key step towards increasing protection for the threatened species.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2009 - Early in the 20th century, a succession of adventurers and scientists pioneered the exploration of Antarctica. A century later, they're still at it, albeit with a different set of tools. This fall, a team of modern explorers will fly over Earth's southern ice-covered regions to study changes to its sea ice, ice sheets, and glaciers as part of NASA's Operation Ice Bridge.]]> Reston VA (SPX) Oct 21, 2009 - The arctic could potentially alter the Earth's climate by becoming a possible source of global atmospheric carbon dioxide. The arctic now traps or absorbs up to 25 percent of this gas but climate change could alter that amount, according to a study published in the November issue of Ecological Monographs.]]> Washington (AFP) Oct 19, 2009 - Sediment cores from a small Arctic lake in Canada stretching back 200,000 years show unprecedented gains in global warming since 1950, indicating human activity is the likely cause, a study said Monday.]]> London (AFP) Oct 15, 2009 - The Arctic ice cap will vanish completely in summer months within 20-30 years, polar researchers said Thursday, sounding the alarm two months before a critical climate change summit in Copenhagen.]]> Geneva (AFP) Oct 14, 2009 - Swiss researchers have found that Alpine glaciers melting under the impact of climate change are releasing highly toxic pollutants that had been absorbed by the ice for decades.]]> Srinagar, India (AFP) Oct 13, 2009 - Rising winter temperatures are shrinking Himalayan glaciers in Indian Kashmir at "alarming" speeds, threatening water supplies to vast tracts of India and Pakistan, according to a new study.]]>