New Research Provides Insight Into Ice Sheet Behavior
Monday, August 10, 2009 - 03:21
in Earth & Climate
A new study takes scientists a step further in their quest to understand how Antarctica's vast glaciers will contribute to future sea-level rise. They describe how a new 3-D map created from radar measurements reveals features in the landscape beneath a vast river of ice, 10 times wider than the Rhine, in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.