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Climate change: How quickly are ice sheets melting on Earth? – World Economic Forum
A study has found the rate of ice loss has increased by 65% between 1994 and 2017, with Antarctica and Greenland worst affected.
- Ice melt over the past three decades has steadily increased, according to a new study.
- It found the rate of ice loss has increased by 65% between 1994 and 2017, with Antarctica and Greenland worst affected.
- Though sea ice loss doesn’t contribute directly to sea level rise, it does have a strong and indirect influence.
- Rising sea levels could result in cities like Miami, New York City, and New Orleans ending up underwater by the end of the century.
Melting ice sheets is one of the most cliché signifiers…
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