Volcano under ice sheet suggests thickening of West Antarctic ice is short-term
Thursday, September 6, 2018 - 09:23
in Earth & Climate
A region of West Antarctica is behaving differently from most of the continent's ice: A large patch of ice there is thickening, unlike other parts of West Antarctica that are losing ice. Whether this thickening trend will continue affects the overall amount that melting or collapsing glaciers could raise the level of the world's oceans.