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Global Warming

What About Melting Polar Ice Caps and Sea Levels?

Ocean waves

As the northern polar zone warms up, sea ice could melt (very probable) and the sea/ice interface could retreat to the north. This is likely to cause a rise in sea level (probable), but just how much is uncertain. We could make better predictions if we knew more about land ice melting and glacial calving.

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