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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 centimeters.
01:06But even if it seems like a small number, we know that every centimeter of sea level rise
01:28matters.
01:31It'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
01:42climate change.
01:42It's almost even a sport.
01:42die.
01:46Everything is the pain of the sun and the surface is the sun and the sun is the pressure
01:47It's only 1 year long, the sun is the sun and the sun is the sun and the sun.
01:52So that's the sun is the sun.
01:52It's the sun comes to the moon, the sun is the sun and the sun.

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