Interglacial Expansion of Alpine Glaciers in Garwood Valley, Antarctica

• Main Author: Mattas, Laura
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2019
• Subjects: Antarctica; Alpine glaciers; climate change; Earth Sciences; Environmental Health and Protection; Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment; Glaciology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Victoria Land; Transantarctic Mountains; Garwood; Garwood Valley; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/honors/565; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1563&context=honors

It is important to understand the response of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) to ongoing global atmospheric and oceanic warming to anticipate future sea-level change. There are several contrasting views in this regard. Harig and Simons (2015) concur with the IPCC (2013) conclusion that, in recent deca...