Giant icebergs melting away

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Six giant glaciers from west Antarctica are melting away, according to NASA scientists.

They scientists have been studying the remote area, which is one of the coldest places on earth, for the last 40 years.

They suggest climate change, caused by people, is one of the factors behind the melting.

What’s the risk of a glacier melting?
Just one glacier in West Antarctica can be nearly as big as the UK.

As a result of the glaciers melting more water is flowing in to the ocean. The scientists involved in this project say that sea levels could rise 3m to 5m over the next one hundred years as a result of the melting.

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Shem Banbury - Kiwi Kids News Editor

Shem Banbury is the Editor of Kiwi Kids News and is the Deputy Principal at Mount Maunganui Intermediate. In his spare time, he likes to train and compete in triathlons, play cricket and spend time with his family.

4 Responses

Supman says:

June 6, 2014 at 10:06 am

Why the heck don’t we do something 🙁
emma says:

June 9, 2014 at 12:05 pm

I think the same supman because nobody is doing nothing about it

THEN HELP THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Logey36 says:

June 12, 2014 at 4:22 pm

SOS
think of all the helpless little animals.
SOS
Anonomys says:

June 12, 2014 at 8:45 pm

I feel sorry for the polar bears.