Potential instability in West Antarctic Ice Sheet from newly discovered basin size of New Jersey
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 10 May, 2012
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Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown sub-glacial basin nearly the size of New Jersey beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet near the Weddell Sea. The location, shape and texture of the mile-deep basin suggest that this region of the ice sheet is at a much greater risk of collapse than previously thought....