References & Sources

Plumbing Antarctica for climate clues

Ice studies probe West Antarctica’s precarious glacial cover.

References:

Ackert Jr., R.P., et al. 1999. Measurements of past ice sheet elevations in interior West Antarctica. Science 286(Oct. 8):276.

Conway, H., et al. 1999. Past and future grounding-line retreat of the West Antarctic ice sheet. Science 286(Oct. 8):280.

Joughin, I., et al. 1999. Tributaries of West Antarctic ice streams revealed by RADARSAT interferometry. Science 286(Oct. 8):283.

Further Readings:

Monastersky, R. 1998. Signs of unstable ice in Antarctica. Science News 154(July 11):31.

Sources:

Richard B. Alley
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Geosciences
0306 Deike Building
University Park, PA 16802

Howard B. Conway
University of Washington
Geophysics Program
Seattle, WA 98195

Ian Joughin
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mailstop Code 300-235
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 22, November 27, 1999, p. 351. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.