As Ice Sheets Melt Faster, Sea Level Rise Is Accelerating Every Year

Yale e360
Feb 13, 2018, 1:24 pm107 pts
The melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets is speeding up the pace of sea level rise a little bit every year, according to a new analysis of satellite data published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. If the current pace continues, the study estimates, seas could rise more than 2…

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