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Earth losing ice at record rate: Study – The New Daily
The world is losing ice at a record and increasing rate, according to a study published by the European Space Agency. A total of 28 trillion tonnes of ice The world…
The world is losing ice at a record and increasing rate, according to a study published by the European Space Agency.
A total of 28 trillion tonnes of ice melted around the world between 1994 and 2017, the equivalent of a 100-metre-thick block the size of Britain, researchers said in a study published in the journal The Cryosphere.
One trillion tonnes of ice, if it took the form of a cube, would stand taller than Mount Everest, the authors said.
Meanwhile, the rate of melt is increasing as the atmosphere…
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