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Published online 19 July 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020715-12
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Alaskan glaciers raise sea level
Mountain melt-water is rising fast.
Alaskan glaciers have thinned twice as fast over the past 5 years as during the preceding four decades, say US researchers. Their melting is making the largest contribution to rising sea levels of any ice-bound region on Earth1.
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