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Antarctica Ice Sheets Melt and the Rising Sea Levels Threaten Cities
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powerofpositivity.comglobal warming, it refers to a sustained increase in the Earth’s atmospheric temperature. And it goes a long way toward explaining why Antarctica is experiencing an increase in melting ice.Antarctica is the fifth-largest of the world’s seven continents, with a total surface size measuring about 5.5 million square miles, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, an information and referral center that supports polar and cryospheric research.In terms of scale, Antarctica is about half the size of the United States.
Antarctica is the only continent that remains frozen year-round. Thus, it holds the nickname the “white continent.”Also, note that less than 0.5 percent of the continent’s surface is free of an ice covering.
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