Here’s a story from the most recent issue of the very mainstream Scientific American. It’s a look at the dramatic effect that newly-discovered reserves of water under the Antarctic ice sheets might have on rising sea levels.
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“The Unquiet Ice”
Posted in media stories, tagged global warming, ice sheets, science, water on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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