Arctic and Antarctic: NASA explains the changes

  • 8 years ago
Researchers supported by NASA and the NOAA may have found an explanation for the differences in coverage between Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets In the new study, they found local ocean depth and continental surface features impact the region's wind and ocean currents such that the production and protection of sea ice is sustained, while also noting that dissimilar conditions in the Arctic led to the ongoing melting in the north

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