Wilkins Ice Shelf (IMAGE)

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Wilkins Ice Shelf

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If Paris Agreement targets are not met, the collapse of melting Antarctic ice shelves - like the Wilkins Ice Shelf in 2009 - could cause catastrophic global sea level rise in the second half of the century.

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