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Melting Glaciers Raise Sea Levels More than Polar Ice Sheets

Contrary to common belief, glaciers melting with global warming are contributing more to the rising sea level than the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. Scientists have found that the ebb and flow of glaciers, where they meet the water, causes them to speed up and deliver more ice into the world's oceans than previously estimated.

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