Earth & Environment

Antarctic ice flows, atmospheric response to nuclear fallout and more in this week's news

Icy flows
A new map of Antarctica assembled from satellite radar data reveals how ice shifted around on the frozen continent between 2007 and 2009. Ice flowing through narrow channels forms a river-like tributary system that accounts for much of the movement, a team led by Eric Rignot of the University of California, Irvine reports online August 18 in Science.