Item #1467 Accelerated Sea-Level Rise from West Antarctica Science 306 No. 5694 pp. 255-258, 2004. Robert H. Thomas.

Accelerated Sea-Level Rise from West Antarctica Science 306 No. 5694 pp. 255-258, 2004

Washington DC: AAAS, 2004. 1st Edition. FIST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPS of a work of significance that employed aircraft and satellite measurements to show that the West Antarctica glacier thinning has accelerated since the 1990s. This work confirmed “that when the ocean eats at one end of a glacier, it can draw far distant ice toward the sea, with potentially dangerous consequences” (Kerr, Bit of Antarctica Slides to the Sea, Science Insider, September 23, 2004).

"’It's a very impressive piece of work,’" says glaciologist Richard Alley of Pennsylvania State University, University Park. "Too many different lines of evidence are agreeing now" for them to be wrong about the thinning or the speedup of the past 10 to 15 years” (ibid). Item #1467

CONDITION & DETAILS: Washington DC: The American Association for the Advancement of Science. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers. The issue bears the address label of Gary L. Bennett. Bennett’s work at the NASA, the DOE, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and at NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications) is well-detailed on Wikipedia. Minor scuffing on the front wrap (see photo); old (now well flattened) crease. Bright and clean throughout. Near fine+.

Price: $185.00

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