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Melting of Antarctic Ice Shelves Could Double by 2050, Dramatically Increasing Sea Level Rise
2015-10-13 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: If countries act fast to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research, there is still time to curtail the most cataclysmic Antarctic ice melt. However, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, if fossil fuel consumption maintains its current rate, Antarctica may experience a widespread collapse of its ice shelves, which could spur significant sea level rise. Researchers employed a combination of satellite observations of ice surface melting and...
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