Photo: #The retreating Knox Coast iceshelf exposes the barren Windmill Islands of Vincennes Bay in the Australian Antarctic Territory on January 11, 2008.
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The retreating Knox Coast iceshelf exposes the barren Windmill Islands of Vincennes Bay in the Australian Antarctic Territory on January 11, 2008. (TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

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Antarctic warming, and what it means for the planet

Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/23/2009, 10:06 a.m.

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New research shows Antarctica is warming. A scientist who recently returned from the continent talks about his research and what we are now learning about the impact of global warming on the South Pole.

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  • Ted Scambos: Senior research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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