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Antarctica Melting So Rapidly That It's Affecting Earth's Gravitational Field

  Experts have discovered an ice region in Antarctica that is melting so rapidly it is affecting the Earth’s gravitaional field. Global warming has altered the wind direction resulting in different current patterns in the sea – shifting warmer waters towards the ice. Up until 2009 the glaciers in the Southern Antarctic Peninsula showed no sign of change, but new research has revealed ice is melting at an alarming rate. […]