Glaciers Lose 204 Billion Tons of Ice in Three Years

Melting

Antarctica is losing so much mass that it’s actually changing Earth’s gravity.

Published Oct. 5 2014 5:45AM EDT

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Antarctica is famously a continent capped with ice, but as Earth’s climate changes and the polar regions get warmer, its ancient ice is beginning to melt.

Matthew R. Francis

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Glaciers Lose 204 Billion Tons of Ice in Three Years

Antarctica is losing so much mass that it’s actually changing Earth’s gravity.

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Matthew R. Francis