Автор: авгур (---.portal.ru)
Дата: 09-03-03 22:31
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Mar/03072003/nation_w/36063.asp
New evidence from a rapidly warming part of Antarctica suggests that ice can flow into the sea much more readily than had been predicted, perhaps leading to an accelerated rise in sea levels from global warming.
Many polar and ice experts said the new study, to be published today in the journal Science, suggested that seas might rise as much as several yards over the next several centuries. They called that prospect a slow-motion disaster, the cost of which -- in lost shorelines, salt in water supplies and damaged ecosystems -- would be borne by many future generations.
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