Warm Ocean Currents Cause Majority of Ice Loss from Antarctica

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04/25/2012 12:00 AM EDT

Warm ocean currents attacking the underside of ice shelves are the dominant cause of recent ice loss from Antarctica, a new study using measurements from NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) revealed.

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