(By AFP)
Giant Antarctic glacier beyond point of no return (via AFP)
Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier, one of the biggest single contributors to world sea-level rise, is melting irreversibly and could add as much as a centimetre (0.4 inches) to ocean levels in 20 years, a study said Sunday. The glacier “has started a…
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NASA Explore reported last fall on “Warm Ocean Melting Pine Island Glacier”