Il futuro dell’umanità sarà inevitabilmente condizionato dall’innalzamento del livello dei mari, perché il riscaldamento dell’Oceano Australe potrà accelerare la fusione di una parte della calotta glaciale che ricopre l’Antartide Occidentale (denominata WAIS – Western Antarctic Ice Sheet).
An international team, including researchers from Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is attempting to drill for mud and rocks holding critical insights about the fate of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Since arriving at Crary Ice Rise (CIR) our drill team have made great progress setting up the hot water drilling system inside the big orange drill tent, and assembling the…