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Live Science: Ice sheets simmering in warmer ocean waters could melt much quicker than realized. New research is suggesting that as oceans heat up they could erode away the ice sheets much faster than warmer air alone, and this interaction needs to be accounted for in climate change models.
"Ocean warming is very important compared to atmospheric warming, because water has a much larger heat capacity than air," study researcher Jianjun Yin, of the University of Arizona, said in a statement. "If you put an ice......
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Warming Oceans Will Melt Glaciers Quicker than Expected
Posted by Live Science: Jennifer Welsh on July 3rd, 2011
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