Antarctica NZ planning for sea-level rise and fall at Scott Base

The  proposed new Scott Base.

The proposed new Scott Base.

How will melting ice sheets impact on the sea-level around Scott Base? The answer is complicated, but Antarctica NZ and GNS Science are on the case.

If you lose ice in Antarctica, you cause sea level to drop slightly right next to the [southern] continent and in the Southern Hemisphere in general

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