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> NASA finds evidence of widespread Antarctic melting
> Last Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 | 10:04 AM ET
>
> Rising temperatures two years ago led to widespread melting of snow
cover in
> west Antarctica, according to scientists examining the impact of global
> warming on the icy continent.
>
> The melting of snow cover in regions in January 2005 was the most
> significant Antarctic melting seen since satellites began observing the
> continent three decades ago, NASA said Tuesday.
>
> NASA's QuikScat satellite detected extensive areas of snowmelt, shown in
> yellow and red, in west Antarctica in January 2005.
> (NASA/JPL) It was also the first major melting detected using NASA's
> QuikScat satellite, which can measure both ac***ulated snowfall and
> temperatures in various regions.
>
> The team of scientists found evidence of melting in regions not normally
> affected: up to 900 kilometres inland from the open ocean, farther than
85
> degrees south (within 500 kilometres of the South Pole) and higher than
> 2,000 metres above sea level.
>
> QuikScat found maximum air temperatures at the time of melting were
> unusually high, reaching more than 5 C in one of the areas. These
maximum
> temperatures remained above the melting point for approximately a week.
>
> The researchers were led by Son Nghiem of NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory
> and Konrad Steffen, the director of the Co-operative Institute for
Research
> in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado. They published
> their results in a book, Dynamic Planet.
>
> "Antarctica has shown little to no warming in the recent past, with the
> exception of the Antarctic Peninsula, but now large regions are showing
the
> first signs of the impacts of warming as interpreted by this satellite
> analysis," said Steffen in a statement.
>
> "Increases in snowmelt, such as this in 2005, definitely could have an
> impact on larger-scale melting of Antarctica's ice sheets if they were
> severe or sustained over time."
>
> The 2005 melt was extensive enough to create a layer of ice when the
water
> refroze, but was not long enough for the water to flow to the sea.
Steffen
> said if enough water from melted snow is created, it could slip through
the
> cracks of the continent's ice sheets and potentially affect their
movement.
>
> The Antarctic ice mass is the Earth's largest freshwater reserve, and
> changes in its condition can have an impact on sea levels, ocean
salinity
> and water currents.
>
> "We need to know what's coming in and going out of the ice sheets," said
> Ngheim.
>
> "QuikScat data, combined with data from NASA's IceSat and Gravity
Recovery
> and Climate Experiment satellites, along with aircraft and ground
> measurements, all contribute to more accurate estimates of how the polar
ice
> sheets are changing."
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