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Wamer Seas drive melting Ice in the Antartic



A photo of Ice Island B31 breaking off from the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica.

Photograph by Corbis

Rapidly melting Antarctic Ice caps are dropping mount everest blocks of ice into the sea every two years a study reports. The western ice sheet itself holds enough ice to raise the sea level by 5 meters.

Use the sea level map at  Flood Maps   to see how this would effect you .

More info at National Geographic

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