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At the current rate of retreat the vast glaciers, which extend deep into the heart of the ice sheet, could contribute as much as 3.4 metres to global sea level rise over the next several centuries.
ANTARCTIC ICE LOSS - New evidence suggests that two major glaciers in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) are losing ice at the fastest rate for at least 5,500 years.
The town of Tisbury lost two civic leaders — George Balco and Harold Chapdelaine. Both men died over the weekend — Balco on Sunday after a long illness and Chapdelaine on Saturday after a more recent illness. “It’s a huge loss for the community,” Tristan Israel, a Dukes County commissioner and former Tisbury select board member, said. […]