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BBC: The world's thickest ice sheet may be at greater risk from variations in the climate than previously believed.
Scientists found that glaciers on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) advance and retreat in synch with changes in temperature.
Since it contains enough water to raise global sea levels by over 50m, there is an urgent need to study the threat the researchers said.
The research has been published in the journal Nature.
Scientists have long been worried about the threat to sea......
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East Antarctic ice sheet ‘vulnerable’ to temperature changes
Posted by BBC: Matt McGrath on August 30th, 2013
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