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The sea level is rising because of melting land ice, glaciers and ice-shelves, and the thermal expansion of water -- warm water occupies more volume than cold.
MRZine.org 2009
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"To put it in context, it's probable that the current reduction in ice-shelves in the region has no precedent in the last 10,000 years, and it is certain that this minimum has not been reached at any time in the last millennium."
RealClimate 2009
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"To put it in context, it's probable that the current reduction in ice-shelves in the region has no precedent in the last 10,000 years, and it is certain that this minimum has not been reached at any time in the last millennium."
RealClimate 2009
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"To put it in context, it's probable that the current reduction in ice-shelves in the region has no precedent in the last 10,000 years, and it is certain that this minimum has not been reached at any time in the last millennium."
RealClimate 2009
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"To put it in context, it's probable that the current reduction in ice-shelves in the region has no precedent in the last 10,000 years, and it is certain that this minimum has not been reached at any time in the last millennium."
RealClimate 2009
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The sea level is rising because of melting land ice, glaciers and ice-shelves, and the thermal expansion of water - warm water occupies more volume than cold.
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However, to provide all their pictures of ice-shelves "the size of Texas" calving off into the sea, they have had to draw on one tiny region of the continent, the Antarctic Peninsula - the only part that has been warming.
THE BLACK KETTLE 2009
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However, to provide all their pictures of ice-shelves "the size of Texas" calving off into the sea, they have had to draw on one tiny region of the continent, the Antarctic Peninsula - the only part that has been warming.
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The sea level is rising because of melting land ice, glaciers and ice-shelves, and the thermal expansion of water -- warm water occupies more volume than cold.
MRZine.org 2009
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"To put it in context, it's probable that the current reduction in ice-shelves in the region has no precedent in the last 10,000 years, and it is certain that this minimum has not been reached at any time in the last millennium."
RealClimate 2009
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