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Oceanographer Lynne Talley sounds alarm on rising seas

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By Jack Austin and Kimberly Henrickson, Nov. 12, 2025 As global temperatures climb and seas continue to rise, oceanographer Lynne Talley warns that the accelerating melt of Antarctic ice threatens to erase entire island nations within decades. From her long-term research in the Southern Ocean, Talley has traced how warming waters and shifting circulation patterns …

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Oceanographer discovers how warming waters thousands of miles away increase melting across West Antarctic ice shelf

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By Ananya Chandhok Medill Reports, Feb. 20, 2024 How ocean currents circulate heat over thousands of miles is critical for University of Washington oceanographer Channing Prend to understand ice melt in Antarctica.  Prend’s research on the West Antarctic ice sheet revealed that heat from water thousands of miles to the north can lead to ice …

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