This September, a rather large Antarctic Ice sheet came off the Pine Island Glacier. This is not an uncommon occurrence; the Pine Island Glacier loses 45 billion tons of ice to open ocean every year. Despite these seemingly massive areas of ice being lost they only contribute to about 1 millimeter of sea rise every […]
Author: angelfish0
The 1st Day of More Zeros to Come
Cape Town, South Africa is experiencing the phenomenon of ‘Day Zero’, the impending loss of access to the reservoirs which serve the people of Cape Town. The situation is largely blamed on the intermittent and minute amount of rainfall in South Africa in more recent years. Baring any future masses of rainfall, this day of […]