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Archive for March 19th, 2009

OSU Professor Peter Clark co-authors study of Antarctic ice melt

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Here’s a story from the Calgary Herald about a study of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the effects its collapse could have on the earth’s rotation: The enormous ice sheet, which many experts believe could collapse as the climate warms, is so heavy that as it melts it “will actually cause the Earth’s rotation […]