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Antarctic Glaciers Are Melting at an Alarming Rate, Threatening Coastal Cities and Human Survival
The amount of ice-covered Antarctic ocean has fallen to an all-time low, scientists report, adding that the thicker ice shelves that support Antarctica’s ground ice sheet have been exposed to waves and higher temperatures. At the same time, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) also stated that during the period from February 13 to 19 this year, Antarctica’s sea ice area fell to 1.91 million square kilometers, the lowest level since records began in 1979. If global temperatures continue to rise and the glaciers near Antarctica melt, it will lead to catastrophic sea level rise in the next few centuries… Faced with such difficulties, what is the…