A Massive Glacier in East Antarctica Has Retreated 3 Miles in 22 Years

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Mar 23, 2020, 5:04 pm236 pts
East Antarctica’s Denman Glacier has retreated nearly 3 miles over the past two decades, losing 268 billion tons of ice between 1979 and 2017, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. If the glacier were to melt completely, it holds enough water to raise global sea…

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