The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is in trouble – but the ground beneath it may buy some time
- Written by Richard Aster, Professor of Geophysics and Department Head, Colorado State University
As the West Antarctic Ice Sheet melts, the land beneath rebounds – at a faster rate than thought. NASA, CC BY-NC-NDWorking in West Antarctica is profoundly humbling. We scientists work from tiny field camps incongruously airdropped onto a vast plain of kilometers-thick glacial ice extending from horizon to horizon. It is initially difficult...
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