What's Holding Antarctic Sea Ice Back From Melting?
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 16:14
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Global temperatures are increasing. Sea levels are rising. Ice sheets in many areas of the world are retreating. Yet there`s something peculiar going on in the oceans around Antarctica: even as global air and ocean temperatures march upward, the extent of the sea ice around the southern continent isn`t decreasing. In fact, it's increasing.