Thursday 5 November 2015

New warning over Antarctic ice


Melting ice in West Antarctica is a major concern for global sea levels, and a key area may already be unstable enough to unleash 3m of ocean rise, scientists say.


The study follows research out last year, led by Nasa glaciologist Eric Rignot, warning that ice in the Antarctic had gone into a state of irreversible retreat, that the melting was considered "unstoppable" and could raise sea level by 1.2m.


This time, researchers at Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research pointed to the long-term impacts of the crucial Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica, which they said "has most likely been destabilised".

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11539503

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