Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Antarctica Glacier Melt Causing Rise in Sea Level !
A new study by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the National Oceanography Center and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) found that the melting of Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier is a large contributor to sea level rise globally.
Since our first measurements in the the Amundsen Sea, estimates of Antarctica's recent contributions to sea level rise have changed from near-zero to significant and increasing.
We need to look much further into the glacier's history in order to understand if what we see now is part of a long term trend of the West Antartica ice sheet contraction.
Since our first measurements in the the Amundsen Sea, estimates of Antarctica's recent contributions to sea level rise have changed from near-zero to significant and increasing.
We need to look much further into the glacier's history in order to understand if what we see now is part of a long term trend of the West Antartica ice sheet contraction.
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