Retreating Antarctic Glacier Could Raise Sea Levels 5 Feet

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By Olivia RosaneMar 24, 2020, 9:43 am209 ptsTrending
Antarctica's Denman Canyon is the deepest gorge on the Earth's surface, and, if the ice inside it melted, it could raise sea levels by almost five feet. Now, research published in Geophysical Research Letters Monday looked at how close that might be to happening and found that the glacier had retreated five…

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