ScienceCasts: No Turning Back – West Antarctic Glaciers in Irreversible Decline
A 2014 study study led by NASA researchers shows that half-a-dozen […]
Date Posted:
May 23, 2015
A 2014 study study led by NASA researchers shows that half-a-dozen key glaciers in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are in irreversible decline. The melting of these sprawling icy giants will affect global sea levels in the centuries ahead.
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