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posted by janrinok on Thursday June 14 2018, @05:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the where-did-you-last-have-it? dept.

Satellites monitoring the state of the White Continent indicate some 200 billion tonnes a year are now being lost to the ocean as a result of melting.

This is pushing up global sea levels by 0.6mm annually - a three-fold increase since 2012 when the last such assessment was undertaken.

Scientists report the new numbers in the journal Nature.

Governments will need to take account of the information and its accelerating trend as they plan future defences to protect low-lying coastal communities.

The researchers say the losses are occurring predominantly in the West of the continent, where warm waters are getting under and melting the fronts of glaciers that terminate in the ocean.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44470208

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0179-y

See also: Ars Technica, Phys Org and University of Leeds.


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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday June 14 2018, @11:10PM (2 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday June 14 2018, @11:10PM (#693239) Journal

    When the President of the US also says it you no longer get to claim it's a fringe view.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by NewNic on Friday June 15 2018, @12:11AM

    by NewNic (6420) on Friday June 15 2018, @12:11AM (#693263) Journal

    When the President of the US also says it you no longer get to claim it's a fringe view.

    But you do get to claim it is the view held by bigoted idiots.

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    lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
  • (Score: 2) by gawdonblue on Friday June 15 2018, @08:48AM

    by gawdonblue (412) on Friday June 15 2018, @08:48AM (#693391)

    Well it is one hell of a fringe, even if it is yellow.