if those emissions continue unchecked and the world is allowed to heat up enough, scientists have no doubt that large parts of antarctica will melt into the sea.
if those emissions continue unchecked and the world is allowed to heat up enough, scientists have no doubt that large parts of antarctica will melt into the sea.
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as a result, the continental mass of the east antarctic ice sheet is held at lower temperatures, and the peripheral areas of antarctica, especially the antarctic peninsula, are subject to higher temperatures, which promote accelerated melting.