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The Pine Island glacier is speeding up as its ice shelf disintegrates

The Pine Island glacier is speeding up as its ice shelf disintegrates

Without its icy restraint holding it back from the ocean, the Pine Island glacier could dramatically add to sea level rise.
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Ice loss from Antarctica has sextupled since the 1970s, new research finds

Alarming new research shows that the massive East Antarctica ice sheet is already a major contributor to sea-level rise.
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