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East Antarctica more at risk than thought to long-term thaw

2014-05-05 14:36:28| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: PART OF EAST ANTARCTICA is more vulnerable than expected to a thaw that could trigger an unstoppable slide of ice into the ocean and raise world sea levels for thousands of years, a study showed on Sunday. The Wilkes Basin in East Antarctica, stretching more than 1,000 km inland, has enough ice to raise sea levels by three to four metres if it were to melt, the report said. The Wilkes is vulnerable to warming associated with climate change because it is held in place by a small rim of ice,...

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