Antarctica Gained a Record 695 Billion Tons of Ice. Scientists Found the Surprising Reason
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Antarctica gained a record 695 billion tons of ice. Scientists found the surprising reason
East Antarctica gained an astonishing 695 billion tons of ice between 2021 and 2023, temporarily slowing Antarctica’s long-term decline. Researchers found that warming thousands of miles away in the tropical ocean altered atmospheric circulation and funneled moisture toward the continent, triggering exceptionally heavy snowfall.
New Study: The Antarctic Ice Sheet Gained Mass From 2020-2024 Due To Staggering Snow And Ice Accumulation
Antarctica as a whole has only contributed 0.35 cm to sea level rise since 2003. According to a new study published in a Nature journal, from 2020 to 2024 the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) gained mass at a rate of +67.5 Gt/yr, reversing the modest 2003 to 2019 mass loss (-100.6 Gt/yr) trend. This recent […]
In fact, Antarctica loses ice in the long term. However, within only 22 months about 695 billion tons were added. Researchers attribute the surprising effect to unusually warm tropical water.
An unusual climate phenomenon caused a significant increase in ice mass in East Antarctica in the period 2021-2023, adding about 695
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