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Question : 34 of 34

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The passage given below is followed by four alternative summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage Key in the number of the option you choose as your answer

A major glacier in Greenland that holds enough water to raise global sea levels by half a metre has begun to crumble into the North Atlantic Ocean, scientists say The huge Zachariae Isstrom glacier in northeast Greenland started to melt rapidly in 2012 and is now breaking up into large icebergs where the glacier meets the sea, monitoring has revealed The calving of the glacier into chunks of floating ice will set in train a rise in sea levels that will continue for decades to come, the US team warns. “Even if we have some really cool years ahead, we think the glacier is now unstable," said Jeremie Mouginot at the University of California, Irvine. “Now this has started, it will continue until it retreats to a ridge about 30km back which could stabilise it and perhaps slow that retreat down."

Huge Zachariae Isstrom glacier has begun to break up, starting a rapid retreat that could continue to raise sea levels for decades to come
Global Warming and other related factors are breaking up glaciers that are raising the level of North Atlantic ocean
The huge Zachariae Isstrom glacier is now breaking up into large icebergs where the glacier meets the sea
Huge Zachariae Isstrom glacier will continue to melt until it retreats to a ridge about 30km back which could stabilise it.

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