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Rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelves may cause global sea levels to rise far faster than expected

  • May 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelves may cause global sea levels to rise far faster than expected
Global sea levels may rise faster than previously expected, suggests a new study in Nature Communications. The reason is that warming oceans appear to be melting Antarctic ice shelves from below much more rapidly than expected.

Originally published at Phys.org

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