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Climate scientists discover new weak point of the Antarctic ice sheet
Description: The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf fringing the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, may start to melt rapidly in this century and no longer act as a barrier for ice streams draining the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These predictions are made by climate researchers of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association in the journal Nature. They refute the widespread assumption that ice shelves in the Weddell Sea would not be affected by the direct influences of global warming due to the peripheral location of the Sea. [Source: e! Science News]
URL: http://esciencenews.com/articles/2012/05/10/climate.scientists.discover.new.weak.point.antarctic.ice.sheet
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Source: e! Science News
Publish Date: 5/10/2012
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