WASHINGTON — Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of sea level rise, new satellite research shows.
Satellites Show Warming Is Accelerating Sea Level Rise
Associated Press, The Press of Atlantic City
Mon, 02/12/2018 - 2:24pm
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