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Greenland and Antarctica have lost 12 trillion tonnes of ice since 1979

Ice loss began accelerating in the 1990s, according to a major scientific study.

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00:20From our satellite observations, we've seen that there is a clear trend that the
00:25ice sheets are losing more mass and it has been increasing from decade to decade, especially
00:32if you look at the ice being discharged to the ocean.
00:5911.3 trillion tons of ice, but then when you convert to an average global sea level, it's
01:04only 3.2 centimetres, but even if it seems like a small number, we know that every centimetre
01:10of sea level rise matters.
01:30And it's quite clear that there is a link to climate change and that because of the warming
01:36air temperatures and ocean temperatures, the ice sheets have been losing more mass than
01:42they used to.
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