We should expect long-term ice loss even if we stop climate change today, according to a new study – ZME Science

New research at the Monash University reports that historic ice loss in Antarctica has persisted for several centuries after it first started.
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Such findings underscore the inertia of processes affecting ice sheets and suggest that today’s polar ice will continue to shrink for quite a long time even if climate change is avoided.
Long-term melt
“Our study implies that ice loss unfolding in Antarctica today is likely to continue unabated for a long timeeven if climate change…

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