Antarctica's Ground Zero
Science / Oceans and Atmosphere
Friday December 23, 2011
Bob Bindschadler doesn't want to spend the next few weeks at Pine Island Glacier, one of Antarctica's most inhospitable locations. But it's on glacier's floating ice shelf where he and his colleagues believe they'll learn how the ocean is changing the ice. For the glaciologist from NASA, this is ground zero for research into how Antarctica will contribute to future sea-level rise.