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He said they did not know how thick the ice was when starting out, and it was important to have baseline data. “If we want to know if ice is thinning, we need to measure its initial thickness in the first place.”
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NASA Researchers fear the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may be in a state of irreversible decline (file pic.) Sea ice was important because it reflected sunlight, insulated the warm ocean from the cold Antarctic atmosphere, and its formation controlled global ocean circulation, Rack said. “How Antarctic sea ice responds to a warming planet is a key question in climate science, and data sets are limited, this research will help place future change in context.”