- West Antarctica - Wikipedia
West Antarctica, or Lesser Antarctica, one of the two major regions of Antarctica, is the part of that continent that lies within the Western Hemisphere, and includes the Antarctic Peninsula
- Climate change: Rapid melting of West Antarctica ice now . . . - CNN
Rapid melting of West Antarctica’s ice shelves may now be unavoidable as human-caused global warming accelerates, with potentially devastating implications for sea level rise around the world,
- West Antarctica – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
This region travel guide to West Antarctica is a usable article It gives a good overview of the region, its sights, and how to get in, as well as links to the main destinations, whose articles are similarly well developed
- West Antarctica: Why It’s Melting and What It Means for Us
Understand West Antarctica’s pivotal role in Earth’s systems, how its current state impacts global dynamics, and what this means for our world
- West Antarctica’s ice sheet was smaller thousands of years ago – here’s . . .
As the climate warms and Antarctica’s glaciers and ice sheets melt, the resulting rise in sea level has the potential to displace hundreds of millions of people around the world by the end of
- The Unstable West Antarctic Ice Sheet: A Primer
The defining characteristic of West Antarctica is that the majority of the ice sheet is "grounded" on a bed that lies below sea level In his 1968 paper, Mercer called the West Antarctic Ice Sheet a "uniquely vulnerable and unstable body of ice "
- The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Seems to Be Good at Collapsing
As the planet warms today, will this sort of glacial rebound protect us from a wholesale collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet, and the catastrophic sea-level rise that would result?
- The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is melting, and its too late to stop it
It's not looking good for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet This body of ice is Antarctica's largest contributor to global sea-level rise, and it's only going to get worse from here
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