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•California-size Antarctic ice sheet once thought stable may actually be at tipping point for collapse
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The Wilkes Subglacial Basin is a California -size ice sheet in East Antarctica .
It holds enough ice to lift global sea levels by 10 feet ( 3 meters ) The discovery was made by scientists using radar surveys from planes flying over the sheet.
If small temperature increases continue to accumulate beneath the sheet, the front edge could become unstuck and collapse.
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