Ice loss from Antarctica has sextupled since the 1970s, new research finds

Ice loss from Antarctica has sextupled since the 1970s, new research finds

Posted by on Jan 16, 2019 @ 7:04 am in Conservation | 0 comments | Last modified: January 14, 2019

Antarctic glaciers have been melting at an accelerating pace over the past four decades thanks to an influx of warm ocean water – a startling new finding that researchers say could mean sea levels are poised to rise more quickly than predicted in coming decades. The Antarctic lost 40 billion tons of melting ice to the ocean each year from 1979 to 1989. That figure...

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