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Published online 7 March 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030303-9
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Sea-level rise shelved for now
Glaciers spotted surging to sea after ice-shelf collapse.
Parts of Antarctica's icy fringes are propping up its vast glaciers, new research confirms1. Where ice shelves have collapsed due to global warming, the continent's remaining ice is surging into the sea.
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