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

By NBC News

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 five feet deep across the continental United States, according to a major scientif ...Read more