Antarctica Gained 200 Billion Tons of Ice During Recent Two-Year Period, Surprising Scientists

Antarctica was in the news this week in a surprising way: it was gaining ice, rather than losing it. While Antarctic ice sheet loss has averaged around 147 gigatons per year for the period between 2010 and 2020, a remarkable reversal occurred at the opening of this decade. Writing in China Earth Sciences, researchers at […] The post Antarctica Gained 200 Billion Tons of Ice During Recent Two-Year Period, Surprising Scientists appeared first on Good News Network.

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