Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Recent climate, glacier changes in Antarctica at the 'upper bound' of normal

Seattle WA (SPX) Apr 16, 2013



In the last few decades, glaciers at the edge of the icy continent of Antarctica have been thinning, and research has shown the rate of thinning has accelerated and contributed significantly to sea level rise.

New ice core research suggests that, while the changes are dramatic, they cannot be attributed with confidence to human-caused global warming, said Eric Steig, a University of Washin