Rice University Professor of Earth Science John Anderson was among opening day speakers at the NSF-funded "Antarctic Peninsular Climate Variability" conference, being held at Hamilton College. The conference is the first opportunity for Antarctic researchers to discuss the recent losses to the Larsen B ice shelf.
In his talk, "The LGM Ice Sheet Reconstruction for the Antarctic Peninsula: Can the Data Satisfy Geophysical Models," Anderson said melting ice caps have caused sea levels to rise more than 120 meters in the last 20,000 years. Anderson's entire talk is available in Quick Time at: http://academics.hamilton.edu/antarctica/live/