Believed to be in this situation where the ice on the ground is going to flow into the sea and theres nothing we can do to stop it at this point. Reporter eric gouth is part of a Scientific Study that is proving Antarctic Ice is on the move. This here is the object of your affection . Absolutely. Reporter hes part of the extreme ice survey that uses timelapse photography to document whats happening. Images snapped every hour and then strung together show how quickly the glaciers are flowing. These pictures arent just useful for science, they have another purpose. Much of the general public are visual learners, as am i. I think being able to see that with your own eyes is a very compelling way of communicating information. Reporter arguments over the causes of Climate Change may be raging again at home. Here suggestions of a hoax come up against some cold, hard facts. Ken taylor, the ice scientist, normally drills miles deep into the icecap for answers. Sometimes, though, theyre floatin
Are reporting hundreds of them. Theyre refugees from the middle east who were legally admitted into the United States, but now they worry their legal status could be revoked. Canada has a more welcoming refugee policy. This syrian family youre seeing now crossed on saturday through the woods into quebec. The Canadian Border agency says there were 369 such refugees from the United States in november, and in december there were 591. President trump said recently that no one knows whether Climate Change is real, but hes keeping an open mind. Well, Mark Phillips has something to consider from the bottom of the world. Hes in antarctica for our climate diaries. Reporter high summer in antarctica. An explosion of life when the deep freezer warms up to become just a refrigerator, and an explosion of Scientific Research when the antarctic reveals the secrets that have been locked in its ice. Theres something going on. Theres something obviously going on. Its very clear. Reporter ken taylor runs
President trump called this a dangerous world in a News Conference today with the visiting canadian Prime Minister. Mr. Trump was asked whether Syrian Refugees pose a terrorist threat, but his answer centered on the recent arrests of illegal immigrants, who have committed crimes. Were actually taking people that are criminals, very, very hardened criminals in some cases with a tremendous track record of abuse and problems, and were getting them out. And thats what i said i would do. Im just doing what i said i would do when we won by a very, very large Electoral College vote. Well, you never hear of refugees from the United States, but Canadian Border officials are po theyre refugees from the middle east who were legally admitted into the United States, but now they worry their legal status could be revoked. Canada has a more welcoming refugee policy. This syrian family youre seeing now crossed on saturday through the woods into quebec. The Canadian Border agency says there were 369 su
Its a hard thing to do. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Have no idea when theyll be allowed to go home. They were evacuated yesterday over concern that recent rain could cause a spillway to fail, at the nations tallest dam. Three counties town three counties down stream could be inundated, and John Blackstone is there. Reporter with water thundering out of oroville dam, officials are in a race to fix the damaged spillway and lower the lake level, which is at near capacity. Enlifornia department of Water Resources director bill croyle. Were moving 100,000 cubic feet per second down that spillway. Weve been doing that for about 16 or 17 hours. Reporter as the water pours out, crews are preparing to move huge boulders to fortify the dams spillways. Mainmain concrete spillway that funnels excess water into a floodplain began breaking apart last week. Chunks of concrete gave way, and the hole kept getting bigger. Engineers decided to use a