NASA West Antarctic Ice Sheet Findings: Glacier Loss Appears Unstoppable

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Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. Credit: NASA

It’s a key piece of the climate change puzzle. For years, researchers have been eyeing the stability of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet as global temperatures rise. Melting of the ice sheet could have dire consequences for sea level rise.(…)
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