On Sunday the BBC published a rather scary article regarding new research in West Antarctica where three important glaciers are putting more and more ice into the sea, causing great concern amongst environmental scientists. One of the glaciers in question, the Pine Island Glacier, is 30 kilometers wide and and moving at 3.5 kilometers per year. At that rate, the Pine Island Glacier alone could raise the global sea level by 25 cm. That may not seem like a lot, but if the entire region were to lose its ice, the world would be looking at a 1.5 meter rise in sea level.
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