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Boston Calling: Tip of the Iceberg

Tip of the Iceberg

23/04/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Boston Calling, Tip of the Iceberg

Don't let Antarctica's size fool you. It's melting fast

Scientists recently issued a dire new warning about global sea-level rise tied to the melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. We hear from a longtime NASA researcher, who takes us on an audio journey there. Then, we head to southern Florida, where rising seas are driving a wedge between Republican mayors and their national party. And we stay in the Sunshine State to learn about the murky link between a former Brazilian football official and a multi-million dollar Florida home. 

Plus: the many uses of the word ‘inshallah’; a California dreamer’s plan for a feminist paradise in South America; and the piano man of Mexico’s famed Copper Canyon.

Image: An iceberg in the western Antarctic peninsula on March 04, 2016. (Credit: Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images

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