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Glaciers draining Antarctic basin destabilized, big sea level rise all but certain
2014-05-12 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: Today, researchers at UC Irvine and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have announced results indicating that glaciers across a large area of West Antarctica have been destabilized and that there is little that will stop their continuing retreat. These glaciers are all that stand between the ocean and a massive basin of ice that sits below sea level. Should the sea invade this basin, we'd be committed to several meters of sea level rise. Even in the short term, the new findings should increase our...
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