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Columbia Glacier Forebay

Caption: Acceleration and calving of the Columbia Glacier and other tidewater glaciers in the far north are a large reason glaciers and ice caps are contributing more to sea level rise this century than Greenland and Antarctica, says a new CU-Boulder study.

Credit: Robert. S. Anderson, University of Colorado

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