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Antarctica losing enough ice every year to fill the Three Gorges reservoir 19 times [1]

Icebergs breaking away from the Antarctic ice sheets every year contain enough water to fill the Three Gorges reservoir nineteen times, according to a study by Chinese scientists.

Publication Date: 
06/04/2015
South China Morning Post [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Climate Impacts [4], Antarctica [5], Glacial Melt [6], Water Resources [7]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/south-china-morning-post
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/antarctica
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/glacial-melt
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources