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- Polar scientists led by the European Space Agency reported accelerating ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica.
- Ines Otosaka calculated 12.5 trillion tons of ice lost since 1979.
- Melt generated 3 quadrillion gallons of water, raising sea level about one inch (3.1 cm) since 1979.
- Jakobshavn glacier in Greenland retreats up to 164 feet (50 m) per day, Otosaka said.
- Andrew Shepherd warned melt will continue for decades even if warming stops.