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Glaciers adding more to global sea rise than ice sheets, says University of Colorado study
12-11-2006 · EurekAlert!Despite growing public alarm over the shrinking Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, it is small glaciers and ice caps that have been contributing the most to rising sea levels in recent years, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study.
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