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EAIS
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Proper noun
en w:East Antarctic Ice Sheet.
en-GB Damian Carrington Fate of ‘sleeping giant’ East Antarctic ice sheet ‘in our hands’ – study The Guardian 2022-08-10 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/10/east-antarctic-ice-sheet-in-our-hands-climate-action 0261-3077 The EAIS is far larger than the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS), which hosts the so-called “doomsday” Thwaites glacier, which has lost significant stability. Total loss of the WAIS would cause 5 metres of sea level rise. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018121928/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/10/east-antarctic-ice-sheet-in-our-hands-climate-action 18 October 2026