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caed he Beaf Ge.
Thi d fce he ae gehe, aiig ea face heigh, he group tells the
journal Nature Geoscience.
"I he ee Acic, he Beaf Ge i die b a eae ai-ccic id cicai. I die
he ae,
fcig i ie i he cee f ge, ad hi de he ea face," eaied ead ahDr
Katharine Giles
f he Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM) a Uiei
Cege Ld.
"I daa, e ee he ed beig bigge i he cee f he ge ad e ad he edge,"
he d BBC Ne.
D Gie ad ceage ade hei dice ig ada aeie begig he European Space
Agenc (Esa).
Thee acecaf ca eae ea-face heigh ee he hee i ideead ice ce becae
he ae ade
a icig he cac, ead, ha fee aea i he fe fe.
The daa (1995-2010) idicae a igifica eig f ae i he Beaf Ge, aica
ice he ea a f
he 2000. The iig ed ha bee ig a 2c e ea.
Model predictionA f eeach f b ad he i-i aig had aead idicaed ha
ae i hi egi f he Acic
had bee feheig.
Thi feh ae i cig i age a f he ie ig ff he Eaia (Ria) ide f he
Acic bai.
Wid ad ce hae aed hi feh ae ad he cea i i ha bee ed i he ge.
The
e ce hed i he cicai bab eee ab 10% f a he feh ae i he Acic.
Of iee fe beai i ha igh hae if he aiccic id, hich hae bee hiig
he
bge, chage behai.
"Wha e ee ccig i ecie ha he ciae de had ediced," aid D Gie.
"Whe hae ccie ai - he feh ae i ed. If he id ge he he a - ad ha
ha haeed
i he a - he he feh ae ca be hed he agi f he Acic Ocea.
"If he i- a i d, he feh ae cd be eeaed. I cd g he e f he Acic
Ocea
ee eae he Acic Ocea."
If he feh ae ee ee he Nh Aaic i age e, he cce d be ha i igh dib
he
ce ha hae ch a gea ifece Eea eahe ae. Thee ce da a ae f
he ic, aiaiig ide eeae i ie ha d diai be eeced a he Eea
aide.
The ceai f he Beaf Ge bge i a ci deee hgh he 15-ea daa-e, ad
bece a dia feae i he ae haf f he d eid.
Thi a idicae a chage i he eaihi beee he id ad he cea i he Acic
bgh ab b he
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ece aid decie i ea-ice ce, he CPOM ea age i i Nae Geciece
ae.
I i ibe ha he id i iaig e he ae i a ha ee ibe he he ea-ice
a hice ad e eeie.
"The ice i ch fee e ad," aid D Gie.
"S, a he id ac he ice, i' abe he ae ad ih i. Deedig h idged he
face f ice
i h h he b f he ice i - hi i a affec he dag he ae. If hae e ead,
hi a
igh ide e eica ice face f he id b agai."
Oe ceece f e ea-ice i he egi i he ibii ha id cd iiiae geae iig f
he
diffee ae i he Acic Ocea.
Sciei ae aae ha hee i a f a ae a deh.
A ee, hi dee ae' eeg i abe ifece he ea-ice becae f a bffe f cde,
e dee ae
ig beee i ad he fe abe.
B if hi a ae ee ade e becae f id-die chage a he face, i cd fhe
acceeae
he f eaa ice ce.
The CPOM ea i ieigaig he ieihd f hi haeig ih Ca-2, Ea' fi ada
aeie
dedicaed he d f he a egi.
"We hae he ea eae he ice hice b a i h he cea de he ice i
chagig," a D Se La, diec f CPOM ad c-ah f he d, "ad ih CSa-2, e
ca
d e he eie Acic Ocea."
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