Study: Antarctic ice melting from warm water below
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 14:30
in Earth & Climate
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Antarctica's massive ice shelves are shrinking because they are being eaten away from below by warm water, a new study finds. That suggests that future sea levels could rise faster than many scientists have been predicting....
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