# Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica in 47 years

https://mins.news/en/item/61058

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-16 14:00 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://bit.ly/4xm9S9T

> A major report found that 12.5 trillion tons of ice have melted from Greenland and Antarctica since 1979.

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