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Melting ice and rising seas – connecting projected change in Antarctica’s ice sheets to communities in Aotearoa New Zealand

Richard Levya GNS Science – Te Pu Ao, Lower Hutt, New Zealand;b Antarctic Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Timothy Naishb Antarctic Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New ZealandView further author information
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Rebecca Priestleyc School of Science in Society, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand;d Te Pūnaha Matatini, Centre of Research Excellence for Complex Systems and Networks, Auckland, New ZealandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6390-5059View further author information
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Alanna Alevropolous-Borrillb Antarctic Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New ZealandView further author information
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Ruzica Dadicb Antarctic Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand;h WSL Institute of Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, SwitzerlandView further author information
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Nicholas Golledgeb Antarctic Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New ZealandView further author information
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Pages 449-472 | Received 05 Mar 2023, Accepted 27 Jun 2023, Published online: 23 Jul 2023

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