Antarctica’s Ice Is Melting 5 Times Faster Than in the 90s

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By Olivia RosaneMay 16, 2019, 1:16 pm247 pts
Yet another study has shown that glaciers in Antarctica are melting at accelerating rates. Almost 25 percent of the West Antarctic ice shelf is now thinning, and the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers are losing ice at five times the rate they were in the early 1990s, CNN reported. "In parts of Antarctica, the…

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