[PCA] NEWS: Massive ice sheets melting 'at rate of 300bn tonnes a year', climate satellite shows

Kwong, Olivia okwong at blm.gov
Wed Jul 17 09:19:03 CDT 2013


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/massive-ice-sheets-melting-at-rate-of-300bn-tonnes-a-year-climate-satellite-shows-8708117.html

Massive ice sheets melting 'at rate of 300bn tonnes a year', climate
satellite shows
The Grace satellite measures tiny fluctuations of the Earth’s gravity field
resulting from the loss of ice into the sea
Sunday 14 July 2013
By Steve Connor

A satellite that measures gravity fluctuations on Earth due to changes in
the massive ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica has detected a rapid
acceleration in the melting of glacier ice over the past decade, which
could have a dramatic impact on sea levels around the world.

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