Science
Third of Antarctic ice shelves ‘will collapse amid 4C global heating’ – The Guardian
‘Unimaginable amounts’ of water will flow into oceans if that temperature rise occurs and ice buffers vanish, warn UK scientists
AntarcticaUnimaginable amounts of water will flow into oceans if that temperature rise occurs and ice buffers vanish, warn UK scientists
More than a third of the vast floating platforms of ice surrounding Antarctica could be at risk of collapsing and releasing unimaginable amounts of water into the sea if global temperatures reach 4C above pre-industrial levels, UK scientists say.
Researchers from the University of Reading said that limiting the temperature rise to 2C could halve the area at risk…
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