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August 31, 2016

Technique could assess historic changes to Antarctic sea ice and glaciers
Plymouth, UK (SPX) Aug 31, 2016
Historic changes to Antarctic sea ice could be unravelled using a new technique pioneered by scientists at Plymouth University. It could also potentially be used to demonstrate past alterations to glaciers and ice shelves caused by climatic changes, a study published in Nature Communications suggests. The new method builds on an existing technique, also developed by Plymouth University over the last 10 years, which identified a means by which scientists could measure changes to sea ice in the Arct ... read more

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