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Climate Change

NASA: West Antarctic ice sheet collapse now Inevitable, 10 ft Sea Rise Locked In

Juan Cole 05/14/2014

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West Antarctic ice sheet collapse ‘unstoppable’, says NASA (via AFP)

Ice is melting in the western Antarctic at an “unstoppable” pace, scientists said Monday, warning that the discovery holds major consequences for global sea level rise in the coming decades. The speedy melting means that prior calculations of sea level…

 

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Reuters: “Antarctic ice loss “passed the point of no return” – scientists

Filed Under: Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Uncategorized

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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