Robert Bindschadler on astonishing changes at Earth's poles
Sea ice near Cape Adare, Antarctica
Antarctic ice sheets contain over 90 percent of all fresh water at Earth’s surface. Bindschadler said warming in the oceans is hitting the ice sheets where it hurts. Photograph by: Mike Usher, National Science Foundation
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Changes are happening now at Earth’s icy poles that scientists describe as “astonishing.”
Robert Bindschadler is chief scientist of the Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Bindschadler talks with Earth & Sky’s Jorge Salazar about the International Polar Year, which involves thousands of scientists from over 60 countries. And he talks about his field work on fast-moving ice streams and the leading edge of massive ice sheets.
