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| Thwaites Glacier Ice Tongue in West Antarctica captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 11 September 2019. Thwaites is a particularly important part of the Antarctic Ice Sheet because it holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by around 60 cm and is considered by many to be at risk of rapid retreat, threatening coastal communities around the world. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab. |
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