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Oceans delay warming of Antarctic waters: study

2016-05-30 21:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Deep, cold ocean currents from the North Atlantic blunt the effect of global warming on Antarctica and slow the rise of sea levels, according to a study published Monday. This icy insulation of the snowy continent -- covered by a sheath of ice up to four kilometres (2.5 miles) thick -- could last for centuries, the research published in Nature Geoscience said. That's good news to hundreds of millions of people in low-lying regions who are threatened by seas set to rise up to a metre by the...

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