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Antarctic Ice Loss Is Escalating: Inc. NBC NEWS VIDEO

by steve468 | January 14, 2008 at 02:59 pm | 571 views | 2 comments | 2 recommendations

Collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf in Antarctica 2002

Climatic changes appear to be destabilizing vast ice sheets of western Antarctica that had previously seemed relatively protected from global warming, researchers reported yesterday, raising the prospect of faster sea-level rise than current estimates.

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steve468, important 75% ice loss 1996:2006

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READ WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/escalating-ice-loss-found-antarctica

January 14, 2008 at 02:59 pm by steve468, 571 views, 2 comments

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