Antarctic Ice Sheet Contribution to Global Sea Level

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According to research from the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise (IMBIE), published today in Nature, the Antarctic ice sheet’s contribution to global sea level was 7.6 mm since 1992, with two fifths of this rise (3.0 mm) coming in the last five years alone.

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Mass balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2017, The IMBIE team, Nature doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0179-y

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