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2010-09-01
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Texas-Sized Piece Of Antarctica Is Melting
2007-03-29 12:33:48 (179 weeks ago)
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A Texas-sized area of Antarctica is thinning and could cause the world's oceans to rise significantly in the long-term, polar ice experts said in wrapping up a three-day conference.

"Surprisingly rapid changes" are occurring in Antarctica's Amundsen Sea Embayment, an ice drainage system that faces the southern Pacific Ocean, the experts said in a statement, adding that more study was needed to determine how fast it was melting and how much it could cause sea levels to rise.

The warning came Wednesday at the end of a conference of U.S. and European polar ice experts at the University of Texas in Austin.

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