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Huge Arctic report ups estimates of sea-level rise

Report prompts warnings that the polar region is 'unravelling'.

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Tollefson, J. Huge Arctic report ups estimates of sea-level rise. Nature (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.21911

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