Large Area of Antarctica Melted, Re-Froze in 2005 - related image preview

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Large Area of Antarctica Melted, Re-Froze in 2005

In May 2007, a team of researchers found evidence of warming and melting as much as 900 kilometers into Antarctica.


NASA image by Robert Simmon and Jesse Allen, based on data from Son Nghiem and the QuikSCAT science team, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Published May 31, 2007

Source:
QuikSCAT