Seasonal change in movement of huge Antarctic ice sheet observed for first time
Researchers from the University of Cambridge say rapid melting could lead to higher rises in sea levels than previously feared.
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Researchers from the University of Cambridge say rapid melting could lead to higher rises in sea levels than previously feared.
Meltwater reaching base of glaciers or thinning out of ice shelves likely causes
Some estimates of Antarctica's total contribution to sea-level rise may be over- or underestimated, after researchers detected a previously unknown source of ice loss variability.
Fast-flowing glaciers are feeding George VI ice shelf, a floating platform of ice roughly the size of Wales on the Antarctic Peninsula, say University of Cambridge experts.
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