Scientists from the University of Edinburgh today, Thursday, the British that they would study mapped recognize as fragile Antarctic called "Larsen C" to determine the potential impact of the collapse is likely in the coming decades on sea levels in the world.

Will be scientists, including scientists from the University of Edinburgh working with the Center for Research on the British Antarctic tests through the hole in the ice and will use radio-monitoring devices (radar) on the ice shelf, "Larsen C" in the Antarctic Peninsula, the closest part to South America.
 
Scientists maintain that the collapse of ice shelves does not affect directly to rising sea levels because the ice already floating on the ocean, they say that the collapse of the former glaciers show that "internal" usually begins in the slide faster to the sea to increase the water supply and raise ocean levels.
 
The United Nations Commission on climate last year that sea levels
The world could rise from 18 to 59 cms by 2100 as a result of global warming, which could lead to more floods, droughts and heat waves and strong winds.
 
The mass of the continental "Larsen any" collapsed in 1995 and again from the "Larsen B" collapsed in 2002

 

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