Antarctic melt alarm as scientists find 'very unusual' warming

Crikey: Scientists have drilled 364 metres into ice to complete the first ever comprehensive temperature record of the Antarctic Peninsula - and they`ve found evidence of "very unusual" and dramatic warming over the last century. The collapse of ice shelves in Antarctica has seen some of the most dramatic images of human-induced climate change. The collapse of the Prince Gustav and Larsen A Ice Shelves in 1995 and then the collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelve in 2002 stunned scientists, and...

URL: http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/23/antarctic-melt-alarm-as-scientists-find-very-unusual-warming/