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Antarctica ice shelves at new risk of collapse – TRT World
Meltwater is threatening ice shelves surrounding 76 percent of Antarctica’s coastlines that could create a dramatic rise in sea level, scientists say.
Meltwater is threatening ice shelves surrounding 76 percent of Antarctica’s coastlines that could create a dramatic rise in sea level, scientists say.
Fracture locations are seen in white in this machine-learning mapped ice-shelf fracture across Antarctica.
(Reuters)
Meltwater could undermine the walls of ice holding back Antarctica’s glaciers, scientists have reported in a study that underscores concern about the potential for a significant sea-level rise.
The ice shelves, formed over thou…
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