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Global Warming: 10-13 Feet Increased Sea Levels Once East Antarctica Melts
2014-05-08 22:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IBT: East Antarctica, largely receiving small attention before, has now become the focus of a study where if it succumbs to global warming and melts could push sea levels to rise by 10-13 feet high, enough to drown coastal cities from Tokyo to Mumbai to New York. The world's fifth-largest continent, Antarctica is divided into two unequal halves. The ice in West Antarctica goes through below sea level up to the ocean floor. The ice on East Antarctica, however, sits on a landmass that is above sea level....
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