Antarctic Ice Loss Has Tripled Since 2012

Yale e360
Jun 13, 2018, 1:00 pm160 pts
The Antarctic Ice Sheet has lost 3 trillion tons of ice since 1992, according to a new analysis published in the journal Nature. During this period, melting from warmer ocean waters led to a tripling of ice-loss rates in West Antarctica, from 53 billion to 159 billion tons per year. Read more on E360 →

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