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The rate at which ice is disappearing across the planet is speeding up – Tech Explorist
The rate of ice loss from the Earth has increased markedly within the past three decades, from 0.8 trillion tonnes per year in the 1990s to 1.3 trillion tonnes…
Between 1994 and 2017, Earth lost 28 trillion tonnes of ice. This is equivalent to a sheet of ice 100 meters thick covering the whole of the UK.
A new study by the University of Leeds found that ice is disappearing across the planet is speeding up. This is the first of its kind of research to carry out a survey of global ice loss using satellite data.
The study suggests that the rate of ice loss from the Earth has increased markedly within the past three decades, from 0.8 trillion tonnes per year…
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