Antarctic Melting: Seafloor Clues and Rapid Collapse Warning.
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Markings on the seafloor off Norway that record the pull-back of a melting European ice sheet thousands of years ago suggest that Antarctica's melting ice sheet could retreat much faster than previously thought. The fastest withdrawing glaciers in Antarctica are seen to retreat by up to 30m a day, but if they sped up, the extra melt water would have big implications for sea-level rises around the globe. The researchers found that with the Norwegian sheet, the maximum retreat was more than 600m a day.
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- Antarctic ice sheet retreat could happen faster than previously thought The Washington Post
- Projected Collapse of Crucial Antarctic Current Met With Media Silence FAIR
- Ice sheets can collapse at 600 metres a day, far faster than feared, study finds The Guardian
- The ice in Antarctica has melted before, says study Phys.org
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