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  • Here’s What Could Happen If Antarctica’s Ice Is Melting From Below

    Here’s What Could Happen If Antarctica’s Ice Is Melting From Below

    File this under “Welp, this is worse than we thought.” A study published in Nature Geoscience finds that warm seawater is likely getting under an East Antarctica glacier and melting it from below. If the glacier’s ice shelf melts, runway melting could cause another 11 feet of sea-level rise — that’s on top of previous…