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East Antarctica more at risk than thought to long-term thaw: study [1]

Part of East Antarctica is more vulnerable than expected to a thaw that could trigger an unstoppable slide of ice into the ocean and raise world sea levels for thousands of years, a study showed on

Publication Date: 
05/05/2014
Reuters [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Climate Impacts [4], Sea Level Rise [5], Antarctica [6], Global Warming [7], Green House Gases [8], IPCC [9], Droughts [10], Heat Waves [11], Floods [12], Greenland [13]

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