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}}<ref>[https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/03/WG1AR5_SummaryVolume_FINAL_FRENCH.pdf#page=56 Page 41 of the Technical Summary of the 5th IPCC Report]</ref> | }}<ref>[https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/03/WG1AR5_SummaryVolume_FINAL_FRENCH.pdf#page=56 Page 41 of the Technical Summary of the 5th IPCC Report]</ref> | ||
== Explanation== | |||
== Explanation == | |||
These illustrations represent the gain or loss of mass of the caps, indicated in centimetres of water per year (cm of water/year) and measured gravimetrically. In blue the mass gain (because it snows more) and in red the losses (glaciers flow faster towards the ocean). | These illustrations represent the gain or loss of mass of the caps, indicated in centimetres of water per year (cm of water/year) and measured gravimetrically. In blue the mass gain (because it snows more) and in red the losses (glaciers flow faster towards the ocean). | ||
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We will speak here of melting of the ice caps when the total mass of ice has decreased over the period under consideration, whatever the processes involved. | We will speak here of melting of the ice caps when the total mass of ice has decreased over the period under consideration, whatever the processes involved. | ||
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===Causes=== | |||
* [[En-en_adult_card_14_energy_budget|Energy Budget]] | |||
=== Consequences === | |||
*[[En-en_adult_card_22_sea_level_rise|Sea Level Rise]] | |||
== To go further == | == To go further == | ||