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New Antarctic island spotted as mammoth glacier retreats

An uncharted island off Antarctica’s western coast could reveal how climate change is altering the continent.
  1. Giuliana Viglione
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A scientific expedition off the coast of Antarctica earlier this month spotted an island that appears on no maps — a finding that demonstrates how quickly the continent is changing as a result of climate change.

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Nature 578, 501 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00489-4

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