SCIENCE

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Antarctica Has Lost Enough Ice to Cause a Measurable Shift in Gravity. "Gravity—yes, gravity—is the latest victim of climate change in Antarctica. That’s the stunning conclusion announced Friday by the European Space Agency. 'The loss of ice from West Antarctica between 2009 and 2012 caused a dip in the gravity field over the region,' writes the ESA, whose GOCE satellite measured the change. Apparently, melting billions of tons of ice year after year has implications that would make even Isaac Newton blanch." Read full article in Wired. E.T.P. 4'