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Melting Antarctic: Failure to act now on emissions could raise oceans by metres [1]

Studies find West Antarctica’s ice sheet is melting faster. But a new look at the ancient past suggests it once pushed sea levels up by three metres

Publication Date: 
06/05/2015
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Climate Impacts [4], Glacial Melt [5], Antarctica [6], Global Warming [7], Sea Level Rise [8]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/guardian-uk
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/glacial-melt
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/antarctica
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sea-level-rise