Thursday, September 24, 2009
Runaway’ melt on Antarctica, Greenland !
The most detailed satellite information available shows that ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica are shrinking faster than scientists thought and in some places are already in runaway melt mode, a new study found.
- now reaches all latitudes in Greenland;
- has intensified on key Antarctic coastlines;
- is penetrating far into the ice sheets’ interior;
- is spreading as ice shelves thin by ocean-driven melt.