Gap Fill - Antarctica - Level 4

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   decades      geologist      glaciers      melting      phenomenon      quickly      sheet      slowly      surface      uplift   

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Antarctica is rising because of a called post-glacial . Huge volumes of ice have melted from the continent's , making it lighter. This means it is rising. The glaciers are causing sea levels to rise. A wrote: "Measurements show that the…Antarctic ice is changing shape surprisingly . The land uplift from reduced ice on the is happening in , rather than over thousands of years."

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