January 24, 2012
NASA’s annual Antarctic mission yields record results as researchers dig deeper into a host of factors that impact global warming. By Holli Riebeek, NASA Earth Observatory (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov), Greenbelt, Md. Additional IceBridge information is available at www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/icebridge/index.html. NASA’s flying science laboratory recently returned home to its base in Palmdale, Calif., after completing the Antarctic 2011 Operation