West Antarctica ocean drilling expedition will reveal climate history in region with significant ice loss

West Antarctica ocean drilling expedition will reveal climate history in region with significant ice loss

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Amundsen Sea off Antarctica could play a pivotal role in future sea level rise, but many questions remain unanswered, scientists say.

Now, researchers taking part in an international ocean drilling expedition funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and international partners are on Antarctica's remote Amundsen Sea looking for clues through an analysis of the ice sheet's history.

Led by researchers at the University of Houston and ...

More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=297558&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click

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Published February 04, 2019 at 03:36PM