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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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[–] itadakimasu@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

"Chunk of ice", "failing to refreeze"

Wut?

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yeah, that wording is clunky. I guess, according to the article, the ice is known to melt and return in a cyclical pattern every year. This year almost a million square miles of ice did not form as expected.

[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago (2 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.

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