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Melting ice in west Antarctica could raise seas by 3m, warns study [1]

A key area of ice in west Antarctica may already be unstable enough to cause global sea levels to rise by 3m, scientists said on Monday.

Publication Date: 
03/11/2015
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Climate Impacts [4], Glacial Melt [5], Global Warming [6], Antarctica [7], Sea Level Rise [8]
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