West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s ‘catastrophic’ geology
By Christine Siddoway, Professor of Geology, Colorado College
Anna Ruth (Ruthie) Halberstadt, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Keiji Horikawa, Professor of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Toyama
A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms.
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