Antarctica gains ice for first time in decades, reversing trend of mass loss, study finds

Antarctica Gained 200 Billion Tons of Ice During Recent Two-Year Period, Surprising Scientists

East Antarctica’s Wilkes Land and Queen Mary Land region recorded 108 gigatons of average ice sheet mass gain per year from 2021 to 2023.

Antarctica’s Astonishing Rebound: Ice Sheet Grows for the First Time in Decades - LewRockwell

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“Anomalous” Discovery in Antarctica Has Left Climate Scientists Scratching Their Heads

Antarctica’s vast ice sheet has revealed something few scientists would have expected: the slowly thawing continent appears to have gained mass over the past two years, in an apparent reversal of ice loss spanning several decades. The discovery seemingly reverses years of concerning data that have accumulated about the southern continent, presenting fresh insights—and new challenges—for the study of Antarctica’s changing climate and how it can b…

Scientists say Antarctic ice has made 'surprising' rebound in mass

The Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) has shown signs of record-breaking growth after decades of contributing to global sea-level rise — as experts reveal their theories why. A study published in Science China Earth Sciences revealed that between 2021 and 2023, the AIS gained mass at a rate of 108 gigatons per year — a remarkable reversal from the rapid loss seen in previous years. The researchers analyzed data from the GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Clima…

Ice Surprises – Arctic and Antarctic Ice Sheets Are Stabilizing and Growing

The Honest Broker Roger Pielke Jr. New climate research in science and policy context Earlier this week the New York Post asked me to help its readers make sense of some surprising new research on ice dynamics at both poles. The new research appears in a new peer-reviewed paper and a preprint that was just posted. At the South Pole, Wang et al. 2025 find a record accumulation of ice on the Antarctic ice sheet over the period 2021 to 2023, follow…

Antarctic ice loss accelerated in 2010–2020, then abruptly gained mass

Through satellite gravimetry analysis of Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) mass changes from 2002 to 2023, striking mass change rates have been identified. The study reveals the most significant mass loss occurred during 2011-2020, primarily driven by accelerated ice loss in Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica and four key glacier basins in Wilkes Land-Queen Mary Land, East Antarctica. Remarkably, an unprecedented reversal was observed during 2021-2…