NASA researchers have just made public a worrying fact about the way the Antarctic ice is melting. Scientists said that the Antarctica melting rate has tripled since the last time they checked. The latest study was done at the University of California at the Irvine and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The researchers used data gathered in the past 21 years and the study was able … [Read more...]
Robot Gliders Explain How Antarctic Ice Melts
With the help of underwater robot gliders, researchers at the California Institute of Technology have put together the most detailed picture yet of what might be going on beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean. The fact that the ice sheet on the coast of West Antarctica has begun melting at unprecedented rates has been a priority for scientists lately. In fact in May, NASA glaciologists … [Read more...]
Antarctic ice sheet began destabilizing earlier than thought
Few studies conducted by scientists during recent times have made some glaring exposures about the Antarctic ice sheet. The scientists have found that the ice sheet began melting about 5,000 years earlier than previously thought - at the end of last ice age. According to the researchers, the melting of the ice sheet accelerated during eight distinct episodes. This has caused rapid rise in the … [Read more...]
