Where To Stream NOVA Season 38 Episode 7
Secrets Beneath the Ice
- Aired December 28, 2010
- 60 Min
- Rated 7.0
- Number 238 Of 294 Rated Episodes
Almost three miles of ice buries most of Antarctica, cloaking a continent half again as large as the United States. But when an Antarctic ice shelf the size of Manhattan collapsed in less than a month in 2002, it shocked scientists and raised the alarming possibility that Antarctica may be headed for a meltdown. Even a ten percent loss of Antarctica's ice would cause catastrophic flooding of coastal cities unlike any seen before in human history. What are the chances of a widespread melt?...