A new study shows that a spot in the heart of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is
one of the fastest warming places on Earth.


The average temperature at the mile high Byrd station rose by 2.4 degrees
Celsius from 1958 to 2010. The rate of warming is nearly twice what earlier
indirect studies had suggested.


 

Jim Al-Khalili OBE is a British scientist, author and broadcaster. He is a professor of Physics at the University of Surrey where he also holds a chair in the Public Engagement in Science. He is a vice president and trustee of the British Science Association and holds an EPSRC Senior Media Fellowship.