Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Widespread snowmelt in West Antarctica during unusually warm summer

06/21/2017 02:22 PM EDT

AWARE instruments at the WAIS Divide field camp in central West Antarctica

An area of West Antarctica more than twice the size of California partially melted in 2016 when warm winds forced by an especially strong El NiƱo blew over the continent.


Full story at https://news.osu.edu/news/2017/06/15/slushpuddle/

Source
Ohio State University


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