claim: The acceleration is making some scientists fear that Antarctica’s ice sheet may have entered the early stages of an unstoppable disintegration.
evidences.evidence_id: Antarctica:395
evidences.article: Antarctica
evidences.evidence: As a result, the continental mass of the East Antarctic ice sheet is held at lower temperatures, and the peripheral areas of Antarctica, especially the Antarctic Peninsula, are subject to higher temperatures, which promote accelerated melting.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Antarctica:83
evidences.article: Antarctica
evidences.evidence: The sheet has been of recent concern because of the small possibility of its collapse.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Pine Island Glacier:19
evidences.article: Pine Island Glacier
evidences.evidence: Scientists have found that the flow of these ice streams has accelerated in recent years, and suggested that if they were to melt, global sea levels would rise by 1 to 2 m (3 ft 3 in to 6 ft 7 in), destabilising the entire West Antarctic Ice Sheet and perhaps sections of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Retreat of glaciers since 1850:12
evidences.article: Retreat of glaciers since 1850
evidences.evidence: The acceleration of the rate of retreat since 1995 of key outlet glaciers of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets may foreshadow a rise in sea level, which would affect coastal regions.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Sea level rise:492
evidences.article: Sea level rise
evidences.evidence: "Antarctica ice melt has accelerated by 280% in the last 4 decades".
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS