Antarctica’s ice sheet losses could rebound — if history can repeat itself

Researchers Study Ice Sheet Dynamics In East Antarctica - Look At The East AntarcticIce Sheet’s History

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Although ice sheet melting is widely discussed and debated, there is limited understanding of what occurs after the melting period. Researchers examine the “after” period and assess how it relates to prior patterns. To understand the present and try to predict the future, the past is a valuable tool. […]

Antarctica’s ice sheet losses could rebound — if history can repeat itself

Headlines about melting ice sheets usually focus on what is lost and then move on. What comes next is often overlooked, even though it matters just as much. A new study of East Antarctica reaches back thousands of years to trace that “after” story and finds that ice there did something unexpected. It thinned quickly, then appears to have thickened again. Looking Back to See What Comes Next To better understand where today’s warming might lead, t…