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The big melt: Antarctica's retreating ice may reshape Earth

2015-02-28 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Chicago Tribune: From the ground in this extreme northern part of Antarctica, spectacularly white and blinding ice seems to extend forever. What can't be seen is the battle raging thousands of feet below to re-shape Earth. Water is eating away at the Antarctic ice, melting it where it hits the oceans. As the ice sheets slowly thaw, water pours into the sea - 130 billion tons of ice per year for the past decade, according to NASA satellite calculations. That's the weight of more than 356,000 Empire State Buildings,...

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