‘Fundamentally unstable’: Scientists confirm their fears about East Antarctica’s biggest glacier

June 8, 2016

Scientists ringing alarm bells about the melting of Antarctica have focused most of their attention, so far, on the smaller West Antarctic ice sheet, which is grounded deep below sea level and highly exposed to the influence of warming seas. But new research published in the journal Nature Wednesday reaffirms that there’s a possibly even bigger — if slower moving — threat in the much larger ice mass of East Antarctica.

The Washington Post, May 18, 2016

Featuring: Jamin Greenbaum, PhD student, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson  School of Geosciences