According to new scientific research, it is inevitable that the melting of West Antarctica’s ice shelves will increase in the coming decades. That’s not good news, because these ice shelves play a crucial role in holding back the glaciers behind them. When the ice shelves disappear, more ice flows from the glaciers into the oceans. This means that sea level rise could be greater than previously assumed.
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Scientists warn: collapse of West Antarctic ice shelves may become unstoppable
