Disappearing ice down
south
Two Antarctic ice shelves retreated
over the past year by significant amounts.
References:
1999. Antarctic ice shelves breaking up due to decades of higher
temperatures. National Snow and Ice Data Center Press Release. April
7.
Further Readings:
Monastersky, R. 1998. Antarctic ice shelf loses large piece. Science
News 153(May 9):303.
Information on Antarctic ice shelves is available at the National
Snow and Ice Data Center's Web site at http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/NSIDC/ICESHELVES/lars_wilk_news
and at the British Antartic Survey's Web site at http://bsweb.nerc-bas.ac.uk/.
Sources:
Ted Scambos
University of Colorado
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Campus Box 449
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
David Vaughan
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB3 0ET
United Kingdom
From Science
News, Vol. 155, No. 17, April 24,
1999, p. 271. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
