USGS Reports Dramatic Retreat of Ice Shelves in Southern Antarctic Peninsula. ClimateProgess, February 27, 2010. "The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported Monday that 'every ice front in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula has been retreating overall from 1947 to 2009, with the most dramatic changes occurring since 1990.' The finding comes on the heels of the warmest January on record for the Southern Hemisphere. The USGS presented the findings in a map and a pamphlet, Coastal-Change and Glaciological Map of the Palmer Land Area, Antarctica: 1947-2009 [PDF, 32 pp]."
2010-03-01
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