Greenland, Antarctica Ice Melt Speeding Up, Study Finds

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Neko Harbor, Antarctique. Photo source: ©© Benjamin Dumas

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Two decades of satellite readings back up what dramatic pictures have suggested in recent years: The mile-thick ice sheets that cover Greenland and most of Antarctica are melting at a faster rate in a warming world.

That’s the conclusion of an international network of scientists who released their review of one of the biggest question marks in climate science…

View Video And Read Full Article, CNN

Greenland and Antarctica ‘have lost four trillion tonnes of ice’ in 20 years, Guardian UK
More than 4 trillon tonnes of ice from Greenland and Antarctica has melted in the past 20 years and flowed into the oceans, pushing up sea levels, according to a study that provides the best measure to date of the effect climate change is having on the earth’s biggest ice sheets.

Original Study: “A Reconciled Estimate of Ice-Sheet Mass Balance,” Science Journal

Chasing Ice: Glacial Melting in the Arctic : in Pictures, Guardian UK

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