Earth's polar ice sheets melting at an increasing rate

November 29, 2012 4:19 PM

A new scientific study has revealed massive ice sheets at the Earth's two poles are melting three times faster than they did in the 1990's. Ben Tracy reports this is raising seas to potentially catastrophic new levels.

Rapidly melting polar ice raises concerns of rising seas

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