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Warmer seas could cause faster melting of Antarctic ice leading to rising sea levels, says study

2014-12-05 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Warming water under Antarcticas ice shelves risks ice melting that could lead to a worrying rise in global sea levels, research has shown. Loss of the Antarctic ice shelves, which extend from the southern polar land mass over the underwater continental shelf, are likely to result in the glaciers behind them flowing more rapidly into the sea. That would feed more melting ice into the oceans, pushing up sea levels. Total melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet, which is close to the regions...

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