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Article: Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Melting Rapidly; New Study Warns Of Rising Sea Levels [Correction 3/10/06]
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- The Washington Post
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- March 3, 2006
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The Antarctic ice sheet is losing as much as 36 cubic miles of ice
a year in a trend that scientists link to global warming, according
to a new paper that provides the first evidence that the sheet's
total mass is shrinking significantly.
The new findings, which are being published today in the journal
Science, suggest that global sea level could rise substantially over
the next several centuries.
It is one of a slew of scientific papers in recent weeks that have
sought to gauge the impact of climate change on the world's oceans
and lakes. Just last month two researchers reported that Greenland's
glaciers are melting into the sea twice as fast as previously
believed, and a separate paper ...