Ross Ice Shelf expedition launches to estimate future sea-level rise

Source: INGV (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology) 

An expedition is currently underway on the largest ice shelf on our planet, in the western region of the Antarctic continent, to collect samples of marine sediments and study possible future evolutions of sea level.

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Photo: Joe McDougal / Antarctica New Zealand
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