While all of this data is concerning, the fact that is most worrisome to researchers is that this massive and
accelerating loss occurred along West Antarctica's Amundsen Sea, particularly Pine Island and the Thwaites Glacier.
Not exact matches
Studies cited in the Monaco proposal report that Atlantic bluefin stocks have fallen by about 75 percent from 1957 to 2007, with 60 percent of that
loss occurring in just the past 10 years as overfishing has
accelerated.
«The rapid
loss of sea ice is a powerful indicator of the
accelerated warming
occurring throughout the Arctic,» said Earthjustice attorney Rosenthal.
Ice mass
loss is
occuring at an
accelerated rate in Greenland, Antarctica and globally from inland glaciers.
If all
accelerating factors, as well as those not yet understood
occur, the result could be the
loss over decades or centuries of the Greenland and Antarctic ice cap.