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Antarctica Is Losing a Flabbergasting Amount of Ice (futurism.com)
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Researchers are concerned about a huge chunk of ice larger than Mexico failing to refreeze as temperatures drop in Antarctica.

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[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take a look at this chart chart to see how much less ice there is than usual

[–] Unforseen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow that's crazy

[–] I_Miss_Daniel@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Cropped Y axis exaggerates it a bit, but it's still a fair deficit.