Most Antarctic Ice Cliffs Are Too Short to Trigger the Runaway Collapse Behind Worst-Case Sea Level Forecasts, Study Finds
Nature World News | 20.10.2026 21:33
Most of the ice cliffs at the edge of Antarctica are far shorter than the height scientists believed was needed to set off a runaway collapse of the ice sheet, according to a study published Oct. 15 in Science. The finding weakens one of the most feared pathways to extreme sea level rise this century.
