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1. Meanwhile, in the real world, it is not even clear whether Antarctica is gaining or losing net ice. The best and most comprehensive NASA study of Antarctic ice mass trends is Zwally, et al (2021). It reports an Antarctic ice mass trend of −12 ±64 Gt/yr, which is a fancy way of saying “approximately zero.” (12 Gt/yr = 0.1 inch/century,)

   Here’s the paper:
   https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/mass-balance-of-the-antarctic-ice-sheet-19922016-reconciling-results-from-grace-gravimetry-with-icesat-ers12-and-envisat-altimetry/0A29BAA84961428700886DCCE201912F

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