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greenland ice sheet lost 18 billion tons water

The Greenland Ice sheet lost 18 billion tons of water in 3 days after unusually warm temperatures between July 15 and 17. Arctic Sea Ice extent is declining on its way to the September annual minimum

Between 15 and 17 July, Greenland’s north-western ice sheet lost 6 million tons of water per day. This exceptional melting was caused by exceptionally high …

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severe foehn storm collapsed 400 square kilometers antarctica larsenb ice shelf plate

A Severe Foehn Storm disintegrated in a couple of days 400 square kilometers of Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice shelf giving now a free way to land ice

Rapid disintegration of part of the Larsen B ice shelf, already dramatically collapsed in 2002, occurred two weeks ago, between January 19-20, 2022. This breakup …

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Glaciers are Melting Faster, but Few of Them in the Alps Brazenly Challenge Global Warming and Scoff at it with Several Years of Positive Annual Mass Balance

Arctic Amplification and modification of the Rossby waves with the increasingly warm sea surface among the possible causes of winters with extreme snow amount at …

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