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gptkbp:instanceOf
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sea ice
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gptkbp:area
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~2,200,000 km²
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gptkbp:borderedBy
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gptkb:East_Antarctic_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Transantarctic_Mountains
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gptkbp:contains
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gptkb:Ellsworth_Land
gptkb:Getz_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Pine_Island_Glacier
gptkb:Thwaites_Glacier
gptkb:Antarctic_Peninsula
gptkb:Marie_Byrd_Land
gptkb:Ross_Ice_Shelf
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gptkbp:drainedBy
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gptkb:Amundsen_Sea
gptkb:Weddell_Sea
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gptkbp:explores
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gptkb:U.S._Antarctic_Service_Expedition
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gptkbp:firstExploredIn
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1940s
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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gptkbp:iceLoss
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hundreds of gigatons per year (21st century)
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Western_Antarctica
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gptkbp:meltingRateIncreasing
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true
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gptkbp:monitors
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gptkb:NASA
British Antarctic Survey
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Antarctica
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gptkbp:potentialContributionToSeaLevelRise
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~3.3 meters
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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climate change research
glaciology studies
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gptkbp:supportedBy
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bedrock below sea level
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gptkbp:thickness
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~1,000 meters
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gptkbp:vulnerableTo
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marine ice sheet instability
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Pine_Island_Glacier
gptkb:Thwaites_Glacier
gptkb:WAIS
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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