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rising seas climate impacts
yaleclimateconnections.org

With seas rising, stalled research budgets must also rise

From 1900 to 2000, the ocean along the U.S. East Coast rose at twice the annual rate of the pace in the previous 19 centuries, according to a recent study from Rutgers University.

How much ice has Greenland lost to climate change?
www.theatlantic.com

How much ice has Greenland lost to climate change?

Since 1972, the giant island’s ice sheet has lost 11 quadrillion pounds of water.
An iceberg twice the size of New York City is about to split from Antarctica
www.nytimes.com

An iceberg twice the size of New York City is about to split from Antarctica

Scientists say the break could trigger further retreat of the Brunt ice shelf.
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