allison. >>> rising sea levels are a major concern for scientists and environmentalists, but now a new nasa study is raising questions about a potential source of the problem. cnn's brandon millerat part of that sea level rise comes from melting ice in antarctica, but one recent study from nasa scientists says that may not be the case. antarctica is a big place. roughly the size of the u.s. and mexi mexico combined. as you might expect, changes in its ice are not uniform across the entire continent. nearly all scientists agree that ice is being lost from the western part of antarctica and along its peninsula. on the eastern side, ice is being gained. where the study is different is they measure that the gaining of ice along eastern antarctica is outpacing the loss on the western side. what's behind this addition of ice? snowfalls that became heavier around 10,000 years ago. the scientists know this by looking at ice core data. that would mean that antarctica is not the contributing to sea level rise. there's several things to consider. we are already observing the affects of sea level rice in places like miami, where high tides are inundating parts of the city. also, even thoug