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SYDNEY: Rapidly melting Antarctic ice threatens to dramatically slow deep-water currents in the wor­ld’s oceans, scientists say, impacting the spread of fresh water, oxygen and life-sustaining nutrients for centuries. New modelling points to faster Antarctic ice melts driving a “substantial slowdown” of water circulation in the ocean depths if global carbon emissions remain high, researchers said in a study published in …

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