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Surface Mass Balance

The difference between mass added to an ice sheet's surface, mainly by snowfall, and mass removed there through meltwater runoff, sublimation, evaporation and wind erosion.

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Surface Mass Balance

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توازن الكتلة السطحية

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Faster Glaciers Drove 84% of 11.3-Trillion-Tonne Polar Ice Loss

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