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Antarctic ice loss speeds up, nearly matches Greenland loss
01-23-2008 · EurekAlert!Ice loss in Antarctica increased by 75 percent in the last 10 years due to a speed-up in the flow of its glaciers and is now nearly as great as that observed in Greenland, according to a new, comprehensive study by UC Irvine and NASA scientists.
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