"What makes this remarkable is that the ice sheet isn't losing less ice – it's actually losing more. Ice discharge by iceberg calving has increased by nearly 100 gigatonnes per year compared to the previous two decades. The snowfall surge has simply outpaced it – for now,”
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116466911831710285
- Why is #Antarctica temporarily gaining mass... And why it isn't necessarily good news..
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Space_for_our_climate/Why_is_Antarctica_s_mass_increasing
Ruth Mottram
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