Retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

New evidence suggests that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is retreating more slowly and contributing less to rising global sea levels than scientists once thought. In fact, said researchers at a recent meeting, the sheet was still growing as recently as 8,000 years ago -- thousands of years after the...

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Main Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Other Authors: Phillips, Tony, Walls, Brian
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: National Aeronautic and Space Administration 2000
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climate variability and change
polar studies
antarctica
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spelling ftunivnotexas:info:ark/67531/metadc11949 2023-05-15T13:45:23+02:00 Retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Phillips, Tony Walls, Brian 2000-12-27 3 p. : col. ill. Text https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc11949/ English eng National Aeronautic and Space Administration url: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast27dec_1.htm https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc11949/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc11949 climate variability and change polar studies antarctica Text 2000 ftunivnotexas 2021-04-17T22:08:01Z New evidence suggests that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is retreating more slowly and contributing less to rising global sea levels than scientists once thought. In fact, said researchers at a recent meeting, the sheet was still growing as recently as 8,000 years ago -- thousands of years after the most recent Ice Age. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet University of North Texas: UNT Digital Library Antarctic West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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