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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Antarctic ice sheet is more vulnerable to CO2 than expected

Antarctic ice sheet is more vulnerable to CO2 than expected Amherst MA (SPX) Feb 23, 2016 - Results from a new climate reconstruction of how Antarctica's ice sheets responded during the last period when atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) reached levels like those expected to occur in about 30 years, plus sediment core findings reported in a companion paper, suggest that the ice sheets are more vulnerable to rising atmospheric CO2 than previously thought. Details appear in two paper ... morehttp://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Antarctic_ice_sheet_is_more_vulnerable_to_CO2_than_expected_999.html

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