AMRC & AWS

Byrd AWS in West Antarctica helps to determine the significant warming in West Antarctica. As much as 2.4 degrees Celsius (or 4.3 degrees Fahrenheit) warming has been observed from 1958 until 2010, making Central West Antarctica one of the fastest warming locations on the Earth. See more on our collaboration in the original paper and other news:

Nature Geosciences:   http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo1671.html

New York Times:    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/science/earth/west-antarctica-warming-faster-than-thought-study-finds.html

Daily Mail:   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2252763/West-Antarctic-warming-TWICE-fast-previously-thought-Study-raises-alarm-rise-sea-levels.html

NSF:    http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126398&org=OPP&from=news