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Radio 4,09 Jun 2022,14 mins

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Justin Rowlatt discusses how close we are to triggering an irreversible collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet, which could cause floods in every coastal city, from London to Tokyo, in the next two to three centuries. In this series, he discovers how global warming may trigger irreversible changes to our planet. Producer: Laurence Knight

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