Limits in detecting acceleration of ice sheet mass loss due to climate variability

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have been reported to be losing mass at accelerating rates. Comparison of mass loss trends over the past decade with reconstructions of past mass loss indicates that the existing satellite record is too short to separate long-term mass loss trends from natural variability.

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