A new study from Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis validates that the central core of the East Antarctic ice sheet should remain stable even if the West Antarctic ice sheet melts.
With its mission complete, the Rosetta-Ice Project, led by Columbia University polar geophysicist Robin Bell, will give scientists an unprecedented look at the Ross Ice Shelf and how it’s changing with the climate.
On August 21, millions of people will bear witness as the moon slips over the entire face of the sun, obscuring its light and allowing only the glow of its outer atmosphere to mark its place in the sky.