Flood water accelerates glacier flow

"Great floods beneath the Antarctic ice sheet can now be linked directly to the speed at which that ice moves towards the ocean, scientists say."

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The Methane Time Bomb

New global warming threat as melting permafrost releases millions of tons of a gas 20 times more damaging than carbon dioxide...

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Arctic Sea Ice: more melting than ever before...

Melting ice makes new Arctic border

The rate of melting of Arctic sea ice is greater than ever before.

Watch this BBC VIDEO CLIP to learn more about ice melt and the implications for border control, international disputes and, of course, further climate change...