West Antarctic warming TWICE as fast as previously thought: Study raises the alarm over rise in sea levels

Average temperatures have risen 2.4C since the Fifties, study shows
West Antarctic ice sheet contains enough water to raise sea by 3.3m

Sea levels have risen by about 20cm (8in) over the past century

West Antarctica is warming almost twice as fast as previously believed, a new study shows, heightening fears of a catastrophic thaw that raise water levels from San Francisco to Shanghai.

Annual average temperatures at the Byrd research station there have risen 2.4C (4.3F) since the Fifties, it said, one of the fastest gains on the planet and three times the global average.

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