Obvious science from Antarctica: ice melts in warmer temperatures thanks for El Nino

Widespread snowmelt in West Antarctica during unusually warm summer Strong El Nino played a major role in warming the air above the ice, researchers report COLUMBUS, Ohio-An area of West Antarctica more than twice the size of California partially melted in 2016 when warm winds forced by an especially strong El Nino blew over the continent, an international group of researchers has determined. In the June 15 issue of the journal Nature Communications , they report that the warm spell persisted fo