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Global ice sheets melting at ‘worst-case’ rates: UK scientists – The Jakarta Post – Jakarta Post
A team from the universities of Edinburgh and Leeds and University College London said the rate at which ice is melting across the world’s polar regions and mountains…
The rate at which ice is disappearing across the world matches “worst-case climate warming scenarios”, UK scientists have warned in new research.
A team from the universities of Edinburgh and Leeds and University College London said the rate at which ice is melting across the world’s polar regions and mountains has increased markedly in the last three decades.
Using satellite data, the experts found the Earth lost 28 trillion tonnes of ice between 1994 and 2017.
The rate of loss has risen from 0.8…
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