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A new study of the Patagonia Icefields in South America by NASA and Chile’s Centro de Estudios Cientificos concludes the icefields—the largest non-Antarctic ice masses in the Southern Hemisphere—are thinning at an accelerating pace, faster than other areas on the planet. The runoff from these melting icefields is contributing to an ongoing rise in global sea level. (Click to read the
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