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Montevideo, December 23rd 2024 - 00:57 UTC

Tag: polar ice sheet

  • Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 08:19 UTC

    Antarctica ice sheet loss has doubled since 2010, shows CryoSat satellite

    Altogether, Antarctic ice loss is now contributing 0.45 millimeters to global sea level rise each year

    The Antarctic ice sheet has lost ice twice as quickly in the past three years as when it was last surveyed between 2005 and 2010, say scientists. Results from the CryoSat-2 satellite mission, published Monday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, say the largest ice sheet on Earth is now losing 159 billion tons of ice each year.