Meanwhile, environmental scientists are sounding the alarm on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which seems to be melting because warm winds have blown the top reflective snow cover off, so the sheet is simply intaking the sun's rays in some places. If enough ice melts and the sheet collapses, global sea levels would rise a few feet.

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