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¬ ¬ Ice¬flows¬across¬Antarctica¬ and¬continues¬to¬do¬so¬as¬it¬ reaches¬ the¬ edge¬ of¬ the¬ land¬ mass¬ and¬ extends¬ over¬ the¬ ocean.¬The¬huge¬floating¬tongues¬of¬ice¬often¬remain¬attached¬ to¬the¬continent.¬Anything¬that¬remains¬grounded¬on¬the¬land¬ is¬part¬of¬the¬Antarctic¬ice¬sheet;¬the¬floating¬part¬is¬an¬ice¬shelf.¬ Floating¬ ice¬ shelves¬ surround¬ three-quarters¬ of¬ Antarctica’s¬ coast¬ and¬ make¬ up¬ about¬ 11%¬ of¬ its¬ total¬ area.¬ One¬ of¬ the¬ largest,¬the¬Ross¬Ice¬Shelf,¬is¬roughly¬the¬size¬of¬France.¬The¬ George¬VI¬Ice¬Shelf¬is¬shown¬in¬the¬image,¬taken¬by¬NASA’s¬ Landsat¬8¬in¬January¬2020.¬ It¬may¬seem¬intuitive¬that¬all¬the¬ice¬added¬to¬the¬ocean¬ from¬melting¬ice¬shelves¬would¬raise¬global¬sea¬level,¬but¬that’s¬ not¬the¬case.¬By¬Archimedes’s¬principle,¬ice¬shelves¬floating¬ on¬the¬water¬have¬already¬displaced¬their¬own¬weight,¬so¬their¬ disintegration¬ or¬ melting¬ won’t¬ change¬ the¬ water¬ level.¬ Ice¬ shelves¬ do,¬ however,¬ regulate¬ the¬ speed¬ of¬ glaciers¬ on¬ Antarctica’s¬land.¬Ice¬shelves¬act¬to¬hold¬glaciers¬back.¬Take¬¬ the¬shelf¬away,¬and¬the¬glaciers¬are¬free¬to¬speed¬up¬and¬flow¬ into¬the¬ocean.¬Any¬ice¬and¬liquid¬water¬that¬the¬glaciers¬take¬ with¬them¬will¬raise¬sea¬level.¬Of¬Earth’s¬fresh¬water,¬70%¬is¬ stored¬ in¬ Antarctica’s¬ ice;¬ that¬ is¬ the¬ equivalent¬ of¬ about¬ 58¬ meters¬of¬sea-level¬rise¬if¬all¬of¬it¬were¬to¬melt.¬ Buzzard,¬S.¬“The¬surface¬hydrology¬of¬Antarctica’s¬floating¬ice”.¬Physics¬ Today¬75,¬28-33¬(2022).¬Adaptado.¬ Segundo¬o¬texto,¬é¬correto¬afirmar:¬ ¬