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Inès Otosaka, Assistant Professor in Physical Geography and Environmental Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle

SHOCKING: Three things that might trigger massive ice sheet collapse - What They Never Told You

Icebergs in Disko Bay, Greenland. iralgo74/Shutterstock

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are highly vulnerable to global warming and scientists are being increasingly worried about the possibility of large parts of the ice sheets collapsing, if global temperatures keep on rising.

Scientists have identified three elements that could be triggered, putting the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica at further risk.

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