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SES Prof. Terry Wilson and POLENET Team Announce Discovery

December 12, 2013

SES Prof. Terry Wilson and POLENET Team Announce Discovery

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(Excerpted from original article at OSU Research News)

SAN FRANCISCO--It's official: East Antarctica is pushing West Antarctica around.

Now that West Antarctica is losing weight--that is, billions of tons of ice per year--its softer mantle rock is being nudged westward by the harder mantle beneath East Antarctica.

The discovery comes from researchers led by The Ohio State University, who have recorded GPS measurements that show West Antarctic bedrock is being pushed sideways at rates up to about twelve millimeters--about half an inch--per year.  This movement is important for understanding current ice loss on the continent, and predicting future ice loss.

You can view the full article on the OSU Research News website.