Cracking the Ice. J. Madeleine Nash.
by Nash, J. Madeleine; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 4Science. Publisher: Time, 2003ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Antarctica -- Climate | Antarctica -- Research | Global warming -- Research | Ice -- Antarctica | Ice sheets -- Antarctica | Meteorology -- ResearchDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Now that the earth is incontrovertibly heating up--2002, climate experts report, edged out 1999 as the second warmest year on record, after 1998--concerns about the overall stability of Antarctica's ice are on the rise. And with good reason. Locked away in that ice, after all, is 75% of the earth's freshwater, enough to raise global sea levels 200 ft." (TIME) This article discusses the quandary posed to scientists by Antarctica, part of which is warming--a situation that could cause the ice to melt and sea levels to rise--and part of which is cooling.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Cracking the Ice, Feb. 3, 2003; pp. 50-55.
"Now that the earth is incontrovertibly heating up--2002, climate experts report, edged out 1999 as the second warmest year on record, after 1998--concerns about the overall stability of Antarctica's ice are on the rise. And with good reason. Locked away in that ice, after all, is 75% of the earth's freshwater, enough to raise global sea levels 200 ft." (TIME) This article discusses the quandary posed to scientists by Antarctica, part of which is warming--a situation that could cause the ice to melt and sea levels to rise--and part of which is cooling.
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