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by arrozconcosas 2622 days ago
I must be tired and reading this incorrectly.

1992-2001: +112 b tons / year 2003-2008: +82 b tons / year Prior to 2012: -84 b tons / year 2012-2018: -241 b tons / year

It flipped from positive to negative somewhere between 2008 and 2012, correct?

2015 article: the Antarctic ice sheet showed a net gain of 112 billion tons of ice a year from 1992 to 2001. That net gain slowed to 82 billion tons of ice per year between 2003 and 2008.

2018 article: Prior to 2012, ice was lost at a steady rate of about 83.8 billion tons (76 billion metric tons) per year... Since 2012, the amount of ice loss per year has tripled to 241.4 billion tons (219 billion metric tonnes)