Melting of East Antarctic Ice Sheet Could Cripple Major U.S. Cities

ENN
Dec 14, 2017, 10:18 am56 pts
The world’s largest ice sheet may be less stable than previously thought, posing an even greater threat to Florida’s coastline. The first-ever marine geologic survey of East Antarctica’s Sabrina Coast, published this week in Nature, concludes that some regions of the massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet…

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