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Antarctica Glacier Collapsing, Adding to Sea Level Rise

2014-05-12 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: A massive glacier system in West Antarctica has started collapsing because of global warming and will contribute to significant worldwide sea-level rise, two teams of scientists warn in a pair of major studies released Monday. Scientists had previously thought the two-mile-thick (3.2 kilometers) glacier system would remain stable for thousands of years, but new research suggests a faster time frame for melting. A rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be in irreversible...

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