Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

Scientists have been studying the melting of Arctic glaciers for years. In addition to the progressive warming of the climate ...

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A collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could create such an event, sending sea levels rising several feet and leaving coastal properties underwater and uninhabitable. “I'm not saying that's ...