Rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelves may cause global sea levels to rise far faster than expected.
"Current climate models do not capture this effect. This means that they risk underestimating the sensitivity of the 'cold' ice shelves along East Antarctica's coastline to small changes or warming in coastal waters. Such changes have already been observed, and are projected to increase in the future."
"A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into View"
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"Oldest-known whale song recording provides new insight into ocean sounds"
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