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How will Antarctic melting affect coastlines?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctic, Antarctica, British Antarctic Survey, climate change, glacier, global warming, ice, melting, National Snow & Ice Data Center

Dear EarthTalk: To what extent is Antarctica really melting and what impact might it have on coastlines around the world? — Andrea Hutchinson, Cary, NC The Antarctic continent, roughly the size of the United States and Mexico combined, is composed of rock covered by glaciers some 16,000 feet thick. The glaciers form from fallen snow compacting […]