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Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts (www.bbc.com)

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Missing winter sea-ice signals changes in Antarctica that could be "absolute disaster for the world", scientists say.

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[–] homoludens@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Per your own source: 60 meters is for the whole Antarctica. Thwaites and and the west Antarctica (which is the part "protected" by Thwaites) is 3.5 meters over a few hundred years (up to 1.000 years).