Earth Equity News

The World's Two Great Ice Sheets Are Melting Faster Than Scientists Thought Possible. By Ben Wallace-Wells, Rolling Stone, September 22, 2010, in-depth article. "Until a few years ago, scientists thought of the ice sheets covering Antarctica and Greenland as changing only imperceptibly, on the time scale of centuries. But as the planet has warmed, they have come to see the ice as far more volatile and nimble. The ice sheets no longer seem static; they are complicated dams that help hold back entire continents."