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'Atmospheric rivers' helped open a Portugal-sized hole in Antarctica's winter sea ice (phys.org)

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[–] halendos@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Can someone convert to football fields please?

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[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Round about 23,000,000 give or take

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