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Antarctic ice loss is accelerating
2015-03-30 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: New research published this week in the journal Science Express describes how the ice shelves around Antarctica are thinning and therefore allowing more of the ice sheet behind them to flow into the sea. Using nearly two decades of satellite data, the team of international researchers observed an acceleration of ice loss from the continents ice shelves, with an increase in loss of 70% in West Antarctica over the last decade. In the Amundsen and Bellingshausen regions, some ice shelves have...
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