Antarctica ice melt has accelerated by 280% in the last 4 decades

[G_j]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/14/world/climate-change-antarctica-ice-melt-twin-studies/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3HNM_fWtK0kOPtHpT_5o0jWSCW8MBODOvo1YvbpVaK8C-TFA0wlgjUNeA

(CNN) - A pair of new studies released on Monday share a same ominous message -- that our planet's ice is melting at an alarming rate, which is bad news for global sea levels.

According to a study led by Eric Rignot from the University of California at Irvine, which looked at details of ice and snow from the entire continent of Antarctica since 1979, Antarctica's crucial ice sheet has been melting for the entire 39 year period, but that is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.

"Antarctica is melting away," Rignot told CNN, "not just in a couple of places."

The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that the rate of that ice loss has not been consistent, with ice disappearing faster in each successive decade. Ice loss in Antarctica has increased from 40 gigatons (a gigaton is one billion tons) per year from 1979-90 all the way up to 252 gigatons per year from 2009-17, a 6-fold increase.

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[Crutchez_CuiBono]

1. Christ almighty.

The hits just keep a rolling.

[The_jackalope]

3. No surprises here.

Terror and resignation maybe, but no surprises.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. the acceleration accelerates

We're cooked.