Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Massive ice melt observed in Antarctica

Massive ice melt observed in Antarctica | dpa German Press Agency | Published: Wednesday May 16, 2007

Washington- An area as large as the US state of California melted due to warmer temperatures in western Antarctica a satellite from the US space agency showed, according to a NASA analysis of the largest melt in recent decades.

The data collected by the NASA satellite, QuickScat, between July 1999 and July 2005 captured the largest melting in 30 years during January 2005, scientists said late Tuesday. ...

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