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Antarctic Melt May Double Sea-Level Rise

CLIMATE WATCH

Swelling by as much as 6 feet by 2100.

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According to new research published Thursday in the journal Nature, ice melting from Antarctica could cause a dangerous rise of as much as 6 feet in global sea levels by 2100, nearly double the amount scientists had projected if carbon emissions continue to rise unchecked.

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