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“If [the West Antarctic Ice Sheet—WAIS] melted or slipped off its moorings into the sea, it would raise sea levels worldwide by 20 feet… scientists have documented significant and alarming structural changes on the underside of the ice shelf.” (AIT, p. 190) AIT provides no information allowing us to assess whether the “structural changes” are “significant and alarming.” Probably refers to NASA research showing that water at mid-depth—the warmest layer in polar oceans—is melting the ice sheet’s submarine base. The study says warmth arriving from lower latitudes would increase this mid-layer wa