«Studies have shown that both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets contributed significantly to this sea level rise above modern levels,» said Anders Carlson, an Oregon State
University glacial geologist and paleoclimatologist, and co-author on the study.
Not exact matches
One of the studies, led by
University of Vermont
geologist Paul Bierman, concludes that East Greenland — like the coastal scene shown in this image from near Tasiilaq — has been actively scoured by
glacial ice for much of the last 7.5 million years.
The results also have profound implications for present - day climate change, says Ólafur Ingólfsson, a
glacial geologist at the
University of Iceland in Reykjavik.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown
University]-- The slopes of a giant Martian volcano, once covered in
glacial ice, may have been home to one of the most recent habitable environments yet found on the Red Planet, according to new research led by Brown
University geologists.
«Eric Steig, a
glacial geologist at the
University of Washington who also studies Pine Island Glacier but was not involved in this study, thinks the study provides the best models yet of this particular glacier's dynamics.