The graphs show the change in the mass of land ice sheets in Antarctica at the South Pole and in Greenland near the North Pole. Study the graphs, and then complete the passage.
RATE OF CHANG
RATE OF CHANGE
ANTARCTICA MASS VARIATION SINCE 2002
Data source ce mass measurement ry NASA'S GRACE satellites
Credit NASA
118.0
GREENLAND MASS VARIATION SINCE 2002
Data source Ice mass measurement ny NASAS GRACE Satellites
Credit NASA
281.0
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Gigatonnes per year
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The two graphs show that Earth's polar regions are losing land ice. Climate scientists hypothesize that this change is happening
because of an increase in global temperatures. According to the graphs, the North Pole is losing ice at a faster rate than the
South Pole.