Retreating glacier fronts on the Antarctic Peninsula over the past half-century

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5721, 2005, Pages 541-544

  Cook, A J ^a   Fox, A J ^a   Vaughan, D G ^a   Ferrigno, J G ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ATMOSPHERIC WARMING; ICE SHELVES;

GLACIERS;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER; GLACIER RETREAT; GLOBAL WARMING;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER; ISOTHERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARMING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 17644366834     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1104235     Document Type: Article

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