Cause of Antarctic ice gain identified
- Posted on August 21, 2026
- By The China Daily
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Cause of Antarctic ice gain identified
While the Antarctic ice sheet has lost mass at an average rate of about 140.5 billion metric tons a year over the past two decades, satellite data showed a striking reversal from 2021 to 2023, when the ice sheet gained 695 billion tons — the largest increase on record.