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  2. Feng He published in Nature on the subsurface ocean warming causing the collapse of Western Antarctic Ice Sheet in the past and its implication for the sea level rise in the future

Warming oceans could cause Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse, sea level rise

A new study found that warming below the surface of the planet’s oceans is a significant contributor to ice sheet melt, particularly in the Antarctic, where a large portion of the ice sheet exists under the water.

Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/warming-oceans-could-cause-antarctic-ice-sheet-collapse-sea-level-rise/
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