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News Release 06-050

Arctic, Antarctic Melting May Raise Sea Levels Faster than Expected

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Computers say the last melting of Greenland's Ice sheet occured under conditions like today's.

This graphic shows the height of the Greenland ice sheet at present (left) and during the last interglacial (about 130,000 years ago), as simulated by the NCAR-based Community Climate System Model coupled with an ice-sheet model.

Credit: Bette Otto-Bliesner, National Center for Atmospheric Research


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Arctic ice sheets on Ellesmere Island, located north of Greenland, could melt faster than expected.

Computer models predict ice sheets like this one on Ellesmere Island, located north of Greenland, could melt faster than expected.

Credit: Shawn Marshall


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