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Researchers will use data from upcoming and existing international satellite missions

UC Irvine-led researchers identify contributions of downslope winds and ozone layer

Stalagmites used to characterize precipitation over tens of thousands of years

Weather station data point to wind- and solar-driven heating as leading culprits

UCI and NASA JPL scientists study impact of warm, salty water beneath glaciers

New findings will help scientists predict climate change impact on frozen continent

UCI, South American glaciologists characterize protected region with new methods

Channels give warm ocean water access to their undersides, speeding glacier retreat

Global climate change – especially as it relates to glacial melting and rising ocean levels – is the subject of much debate and research. Eric Rignot, Earth system science professor, studies ice sheet melting in Antarctica and Greenland. He will talk about his work March 31 as part of the 2008-09 Discover the Physical Sciences Breakfast Lecture Series.

Study suggests extent of future sea level rise could be vastly underestimated