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West Antarctic Glacier Collapse Unstoppable

2014-05-13 16:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: A rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be in irreversible decline, with nothing to stop the entire glacial basin from disappearing into the sea, according to researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine. The study presents multiple lines of evidence, incorporating 40 years of observations that indicate the glaciers in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica "have passed the point of no return," warns glaciologist and lead author glaciologist Eric...

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