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The secrets hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet
The Antarctic ice sheet has been losing ice at an increasing rate. It remains unclear whether this mass loss will further accelerate over the coming decades. The continent of Antarctica is vast, bigger than the US and Mexico combined, and because it is so cold... click to read more
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Reading time 3.5 min
published on Sep 17, 2020
Ice sheet melting: it’s not just about sea level rise
You've probably heard that climate change is melting the polar ice caps - but what does this actually mean? It refers to the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets, which are large systems of interconnected glaciers, kilometres thick. They are formed by snow falling on land,... click to read more
Views 6685
Reading time 4 min
published on Sep 13, 2019
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