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E8: Polar ice in a warming world

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Sarah Das explains how polar ice sheets, sea ice and mountain glaciers respond to climate warming. Drawing on decades of research in Antarctica and Greenland, the episode examines ice-sheet mass balance, glacier flow, satellite measurements and the consequences of ice loss for sea level and communities. It connects observations of rapidly changing frozen landscapes with their global effects.

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polar ice sheetssea icemountain glaciersclimate warmingAntarcticaice-sheet mass balanceglacier flowsatellite measurements

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