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    Ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland are melting away and Kate Thompson outlines the problem in this infographic.

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    Created by Kate Thompson Global Climate Change: The Ice Sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are Melting Away but the Problem is Not Melting Away. The Melting Ice Sheets The trend of global climate change increases Earth's asc} temperature, causing the land ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland to continually melt. Approximate Ice Loss 4 7 Approximate Ice Loss in Antarctica Per Year 7 PP Ditaffom NASA, Feb. 208, in Greenland Per Year Data from NASA, Feb. 2016 Mass Variation in Antarctica and Greenland a & £ NASA's GRACE satellites have 5 kk detected a loss of mass in the land £ ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland in recent years, indicating the continual warming of the global climate that causes the ice to melt. = * data recorded in August of each year 2002 2003 2006 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 2010 20 202 2013 26% Year* Data rom NASA Feb, 2016 © Anaretica -O- Greenland dependent onthe icy habitat (=-33% decline in Antarctic penguins in “thelast 25 years hes vegetation increase in. : N history ofvegetation oa <5. “ace itm rea coins CCO, 2016 Data fram NRDC, 2015 Lith osphere -general warming of the air over Antarctica and A Greenland -less sunlight reflected back into space mage rom MASAI Agr 2007 warming of oceans

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