ScienceCasts: No Turning Back – West Antarctic Glaciers in Irreversible Decline
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ScienceCasts: No Turning Back - West Antarctic Glaciers in Irreversible Decline.
NASA
A new study led by NASA researchers shows that half-a-dozen key glaciers in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are in irreversible decline. The melting of these sprawling icy giants will affect global sea levels in the centuries ahead.