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Jul. 20, 2012
Melting the World's Biggest Ice Cube
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Antarctica has 90 percent of the world's ice--and it's melting. Ice sheet guru Bob Bindschadler talks about climate change in Antarctica, and rising sea levels across the globe. Plus, biologist Diana Wall talks about hidden life in the barren Dry Valleys, and microbe hunter John Priscu talks about "bugs in the ice."
In the mood for more about our southernmost continent? Additional Antarctica coverage is at Feeling the Heat? Cool Off at the South Pole.
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Bob Bindschadler
Emeritus Scientist
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland -
Diana Wall
Professor, Biology
Director, School of Global Environmental Sustainability
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado -
John Priscu
Professor, Ecology
Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana
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