Unprecedented ice loss in Russian ice cap

In the previous few years, the Vavilov Ice Cap within the Russian Excessive Arctic has dramatically accelerated, sliding as a lot as 82 ft a day in 2015, in keeping with a brand new multi-national, multi-institute research. That dwarfs the ice’s earlier common velocity of about 2 inches per day and has challenged scientists’ assumptions in regards to the stability of the chilly ice caps dotting Earth’s excessive latitudes.
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