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We've Lost 12 Trillion Tons of Ice From Earth's Major Ice Sheets in Just 47 Years, Satellites Reveal
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica in February 2026. (Copernicus Sentinel-2/ESA) With no sign of stopping. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
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