The shore of Deception Island in Antarctica, in 2008. Global ...

The shore of Deception Island in Antarctica, in 2008. Global ...
AFP/File
Tue Nov 10, 2:15 PM ET

The shore of Deception Island in Antarctica, in 2008. Global warming has been blamed for the alarming loss of ice shelves in Antarctica, but a new study says newly-exposed areas of sea are now soaking up some of the carbon gas that causes the problem.

(AFP/File/Martin Bureau)

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