House Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee
Greenland Ice Sheet: Global Warming’s Impacts on Arctic Region
Last week an ice sheet covering 100 square miles broke off Greenland. This dramatic sea ice event follows the warmest six months on record and is the largest piece of Arctic ice to break free since 1962.
On Tuesday, the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a briefing with scientists and experts who study the Arctic region to discuss this event and its relationship to climate change.
Witnesses- Dr. Richard B. Alley, Professor of Geosciences, and Earth and Environmental Systems, The Pennsylvania State University
- Dr. Robert Bindschadler, Senior Research Scientist at University of Maryland Baltimore County, who has 30 years of service with NASA
- Dr. Andreas Muenchow, Professor of Physical Ocean Science and Engineering, University of Delaware