Antarctica Is Losing Ice 6 Times Faster Today Than In 1980s

Antarctica is melting more than six times faster than it did in the 1980s, a new study shows.

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Scientists used aerial photographs, satellite measurements and computer models to track how fast the southern-most continent has been melting since 1979 in 176 individual basins. They found the ice loss to be accelerating dramatically — a key indicator of humancaused climate change.