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West Antarctic Ice Sheet unstoppable loss not unexpected by NASA Scientists

2014-05-14 03:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Clarksville: The new finding that the eventual loss of a major section of West Antarctica`s ice sheet "appears unstoppable" was not completely unexpected by scientists who study this area. The study, led by glaciologist Eric Rignot at NASA`s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, and the University of California, Irvine, follows decades of research and theory suggesting the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is inherently vulnerable to change. Although the Amundsen Sea region is only a fraction of the whole...

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