WASHINGTON: A massive new learn about unearths that Antarctica is melting at an accelerating price, with about 3 trillion tons of ice disappearing since 1992.
Scientists from world wide calculate that in the closing quarter century, the southern-most continent's ice sheet melted into enough water to hide Texas to a depth of nearly 13 ft (4 meters).
The learn about says that from 1992 to 2011, Antarctica lost nearly 84 billion tons of ice a year (76 billion metric tons). From 2012 to 2017, the melt price higher to greater than 241 billion tons a year (219 billion metric tons).
The learn about in Wednesday's magazine Nature is part of a world effort to assess inclined ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland, which can be key indicators of local weather trade.
Scientists from world wide calculate that in the closing quarter century, the southern-most continent's ice sheet melted into enough water to hide Texas to a depth of nearly 13 ft (4 meters).
The learn about says that from 1992 to 2011, Antarctica lost nearly 84 billion tons of ice a year (76 billion metric tons). From 2012 to 2017, the melt price higher to greater than 241 billion tons a year (219 billion metric tons).
The learn about in Wednesday's magazine Nature is part of a world effort to assess inclined ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland, which can be key indicators of local weather trade.
Melting of Antarctica is speeding up, worrying scientists
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