Originally Posted By: Bill S.
http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/08/study-blames-humans-melting-glaciers

Interesting article, but highlights the confusions that can arise as terms cross the Atlantic. Here, a ton is bigger than a tonne.

"Over the last two decades, about 295 billion tons (269 billion metric tons) of ice is melting each year on average because of human causes and about 130 billion tons (121 million metric tons) a year are melting because of natural causes, Marzeion calculated."


That's a pretty blaring typo. Someone might wanna let that writer know. Talk about adding confusion. 130 billion tons converts to 118 billion tonnes, not million.

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