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Sinking Antarctic ice reveals a hidden lake's massive water loss
The Kronshtadskiy subglacial lake near East Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf was hidden beneath Antarctica's ice, but its drainage left a mark visible from space as a broad depression that deepened by more than 6 meters (20 feet) at its center.
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The Kronshtadskiy subglacial lake near East Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf was hidden beneath Antarctica's ice, but its drainage left a mark visible from space as a broad depression that deepened by more than 6 meters (20 feet) at its center. By tracking that sinking surface, researchers estimate that the lake lost about 78 million cubic meters (20.6 billion gallons) of water between 2016 and 2021.
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