The mystery of how a subglacial mountain range the size of the Alps formed up to 250 million years ago has finally been solved, scientists said on Wednesday, which could help map the effects of climate change.
The Gamburtsev subglacial mountains are buried 3km below the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, the largest remaining body of ice on the planet.
Experts are trying to learn more about the frozen continent as even a small thaw could swamp low-lying coastal areas and cities. Antarctica contains enough ice to raise world sea levels by about 57m if it ever all melted.
| Unshelved | by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum |
|
|
Thursday, November 17, 2011
This is interesting
Antarctic mountain mystery solved
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment