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Releasing the cork in Wilkes Basin Antarctica yields unstoppable sea-level rise [1]

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) latest study shows that if East Antarctica’s Wilkes Basin’s rim of ice lets go, it is likely to trigger a persistent ice discharge into the ocean

Publication Date: 
07/05/2014
Environment News Network [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Sea Level Rise [4], Climate Impacts [5], Antarctica [6], Glacial Melt [7], IPCC [8], Global Warming [9]

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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sea-level-rise
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/antarctica
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/glacial-melt
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ipcc
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming