Why Antarctic ice shelves are losing their mass and how it leads to global sea level rise

Why Antarctic ice shelves are losing their mass and how it leads to global sea level rise

Terra Daily

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Zhuhai City, China (SPX) May 19, 2023

The Greenland ice sheet (GIS) and Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) contribute largely to global mean sea level (GMSL) changes, though the seas surrounding the Antarctic like the Bellinghausen-Amundsen Seas and the Indian Ocean sector are seeing significantly more warming than the rest of the marginal seas, with immediate noticeable effects on the mass balance (net weight of the glacier mainly accountin

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