The findings of two studies
published in January, 2019 indicate that Antarctic’s ice had been melting “at
an alarming rate” since 1979.[1] The rate of melting looked at precisely tells
part of the story of why people in general were even in the year before 2020
still catching up in realizing the full extent to which climate change was
going on. The key here is the concept of acceleration.
The rate of ice loss has not been consistent in that ice disappeared faster in
each successive decade.
The full essay is at "Increasing Rates of Acceleration of Ice-Melt."
1. Brandon Miller, “Antarctica
Ice Melt Has Accelerated by 280% in the Last Four Decades,” cnn.com,
January 14, 2109
