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lordsummerisle

(4,651 posts) Tue Apr 3, 2018, 08:25 AM Apr 2018

Underwater melting of Antarctic ice far greater than thought, study finds

theguardian.com

Hidden underwater melt-off in the Antarctic is doubling every 20 years and could soon overtake Greenland to become the biggest source of sea-level rise, according to the first complete underwater map of the world’s largest body of ice.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/02/underwater-melting-of-antarctic-ice-far-greater-than-thought-study-finds

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The loss of underwater ice will eventually cause the Antarctic glaciers to speed up their trip mn9driver Apr 2018 #1

mn9driver

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1. The loss of underwater ice will eventually cause the Antarctic glaciers to speed up their trip

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Tue Apr 3, 2018, 08:52 AM

Apr 2018

to the ocean, which will be the cause of the increased rise in sea level. The loss of underwater ice itself has no direct effect on sea level.

Until we get data on how much the land ice is speeding up as a result of this, predictions will be difficult to make. But it will definitely have an effect.

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