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No stopping the collapse of West Antarctic ice sheet
Sumner, T. (2014). No stopping the collapse of West Antarctic ice sheet. Science (Wash.) 344(6185): 683. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.344.6185.683
In: Science (Washington). American Association for the Advancement of Science: New York, N.Y. ISSN 0036-8075; e-ISSN 1095-9203, more
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  • Sumner, T.

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    A disaster may be unfolding - in slow motion. Earlier this week, two teams of scientists reported that Thwaites Glacier, a keystone holding the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet together, is starting to collapse. In the long run, they say, the entire ice sheet is doomed. It would release enough meltwater to raise sea levels by more than 3 meters.

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