Tag: antarctica
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NASA Study Reveals Sea Levels Could Rise 15 Inches by 2100
A study found that if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current pace, sea levels could rise 15 inches by 2100. More than 60 ocean, ice, and atmosphere scientists worldwide from 36 international institutions contributed to the research. Their new estimates revealed that Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets alone could cause this surge in sea…
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Antarctica Ice Sheets Melt and the Rising Sea Levels Threaten Cities
For those who are unfamiliar with the term global warming, it refers to a sustained increase in the Earth’s atmospheric temperature. And it goes a long way toward explaining why Antarctica is experiencing an increase in melting ice. Antarctica is the fifth-largest of the world’s seven continents, with a total surface size measuring about 5.5…