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Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years

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Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years
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About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice 5 feet (1.5 meters) deep across the continental United States, according to a major scientific report.

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