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Explain how an increase of the annual melt season in Antarctica can have global effects. short paragraph

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A longer Antarctic melt season accelerates ice loss and weakens ice shelves, allowing glaciers to flow faster into the sea and raising global sea level, which increases coastal flooding and erosion worldwide. Increased freshwater input also alters ocean density and circulation (including parts of the global thermohaline circulation), affecting regional climates and marine ecosystems. Reduced snow and ice cover lowers Earth’s reflectivity (albedo), causing more solar heat absorption and amplifying warming, which in turn influences weather patterns and can increase extreme events far beyond Antarctica.