Massive Snowmelt Took Place In West Antarctica

Massive Snowmelt Took Place In West Antarctica

by | Jul 5, 2017 | Climate Change

In January of 2016, an area of roughly 300,000 square miles—twice the size of California—in Antarctica had an extreme melting event. The cause of the melt was warm winds blowing over the continent forced by an especially strong El Niño. The warm spell lasted more than...