Arctic ice loss is worrying, but the giant stirring in the South could be even worse

By Nerilie Abram, Matthew England And Matt King, The Conversation

Nerilie Abram

Field camp on the East Antarctic ice sheet.

Antarctica is an icy giant compared to its northern counterpart. The water frozen in the Greenland ice sheet is equivalent to around 7 metres of potential sea level rise. In the Antarctic ice sheet there are around 58 metres of sea-level rise currently locked away.

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