Identify the option that continues the following discussion appropriately: • The melting of Antarctica is accelerating at a alarming rate. • An international team of ice experts said in a new study that about 3 trillion tons of ice have disappeared since 1922.
• From 1992 to 2011, Antarctica lost nearly 84 billion tons of ice a year (76 billion metric tons). • __________ • __________ • All that water made global oceans rise about three-tenths of a inch (7.6 millimeters).
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A.
• In the last quarter century, the southernmost continent's ice sheet- a key indicator of climate change - melted into enough water to cover Texas to a depth of nearly 13 feet (4 meters). • From 2012 to 2017, the melt rate increased to more than 241 billion tons a year ( 219 billion metric tons)
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B.
• From 2012 to 2017, the melt rate decreased to more than 241 billion tons a year ( 219 billion metric tons). • In the last quarter century, the southernmost continent's ice sheet- a key indicator of climate change - melted into enough water to cover Texas to a depth of nearly 13 feet (4 meters).
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C.
• From 2012 to 2017, the melt rate increased to more than 241 billion tons a year ( 219 billion metric tons). • In the last quarter century, the southernmost continent's ice sheet- a key indicator of climate change - melted into enough water to cover Texas to a depth of nearly 13 feet (4 meters)
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D.
• From 2012 to 2017, the melt rate increased to more than 241 billion tons a year ( 219 billion metric tons) • In the last quarter century, the southernmost continent's ice sheet- a key indicator of climate change - melted into enough water to cover Texas to a depth of nearly 13 feet (4 meters)
Correct Answer:
C. • From 2012 to 2017, the melt rate increased to more than 241 billion tons a year ( 219 billion metric tons). • In the last quarter century, the southernmost continent's ice sheet- a key indicator of climate change - melted into enough water to cover Texas to a depth of nearly 13 feet (4 meters)
Explanation:
For the given discussion, the appropriate statements are available in option (c) which provide a complete meaning to the discussion. Hence, option (c) is correct.
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