A team of scientists, including a CSU seismologist, recently spent years peering beneath the largest mass of ice on Earth.
The yielded fascinating insights about the relationship between the massive glaciers that cover much of Antarctica鈥檚 surface, and the ground underneath the ice. And the findings may help scientists better predict how climate change will affect sea level in the decades ahead.
Researchers discovered that the rock beneath Antarctica鈥檚 ice sheets actually rises and sinks under the weight of the continent鈥檚 glaciers. That geologic movement will likely affect how much sea level rises as the planet warms.
, a professor of geophysics and the head of the Department of Geosciences at Colorado State University, gathered seismological data from underneath the continent鈥檚 surface. The results were published earlier this month in the journal .
Aster joined host Erin O鈥橳oole to share more about what the team discovered.
You can read . And for fun -- check out by the team鈥檚 research.
