Antarctica’s hidden threat: meltwater under the ice sheet amplifies sea-level rise

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Antarctica’s hidden threat: meltwater under the ice sheet amplifies sea-level rise

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Jim East@slrpnk.net to Climate Change@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month ago

A new study found parts of Antartica could pass a tipping point for mass ice sheet losses as soon as 2050 – pushing sea levels 2 metres higher by 2300 than currently predicted.

The open-access paper is here

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