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Sudden and Rapid Ice Loss Discovered in Antarctica
2015-05-21 20:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The pace of climate change in Antarctica can now be measured in dog years. Several massive glaciers in the southern Antarctic Peninsula suddenly started to crumble in 2009, a new study reports today (May 21) in the journal Science. "Out of the blue, it's become the second most important contributor to sea level rise in Antarctica," said lead study author Bert Wouters, a remote sensing expert and Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. The discovery means Antarctica's...
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