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Antarctica Gained 200 Billion Tons of Ice During Recent Two-Year Period, Surprising Scientists
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 Tongji University, led by Dr. Wei Wang and Professor Yunzhong Shen, reported that East Antarctica’s Wilkes Land and Queen Mary Land region recorded 108 gigatons of average ice sheet mass gain per year from 2021 to 2023.
1 gigaton is equivalent to 1 billion tons, and 108 gigatons is the equivalent weight of 1.5 million of America’s flagship aircraft carriers, to use a silly bit of context to aid the reader in their imaginings.
The growth period included several years in which various parts of the globe saw some of highest temperatures on record.
The southern continent has offered a surprise that, literally speaking, the worst effects of climate change actually can be delayed and reversed.
Antarctica Gained 200 Billion Tons of Ice During Recent Two-Year Period, Surprising Scientists
Antarctica Gained 200 Billion Tons of Ice During Recent Two-Year Period, Surprising Scientists
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 Tongji University, led by Dr. Wei Wang and Professor Yunzhong Shen, reported that East Antarctica’s Wilkes Land and Queen Mary Land region recorded 108 gigatons of average ice sheet mass gain per year from 2021 to 2023.
1 gigaton is equivalent to 1 billion tons, and 108 gigatons is the equivalent weight of 1.5 million of America’s flagship aircraft carriers, to use a silly bit of context to aid the reader in their imaginings.
The growth period included several years in which various parts of the globe saw some of highest temperatures on record.
The southern continent has offered a surprise that, literally speaking, the worst effects of climate change actually can be delayed and reversed.
Antarctica Gained 200 Billion Tons of Ice During Recent Two-Year Period, Surprising Scientists