Descriptions:

NASA will host a media teleconference to discuss new research results on the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its potential contribution to future sea level rise.

The briefing participants are:

  • Eric Rignot, professor of Earth system science at the University of California, Irvine, and glaciologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California
  • Sridhar Anandakrishnan, professor of geosciences at Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  • Tom Wagner, cryosphere program scientist with the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

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