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Multiyear tropical warm pool warming drives slowdown in Antarctic mass loss


Recent Antarctic ice mass gain was linked to a recurrent atmospheric teleconnection, but this recurs about once per decade in observations and historical simulations so does not yet reflect a global-warming-driven moistening of Antarctica.

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