The Earth's cryosphere (the frozen water on our planet) currently covers about 10% of the Earth's surface.
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Cryosphere
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The cryosphere includes areas of Earth where water is found in its frozen forms, such as snow and ice. A new study led by China’s Lanzhou University and published in an American Geographical Union journal suggests that the cryosphere shrunk by about 87,000 km² per year from 1979 and 2016 due to climate change.
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Climate change has a strong effect on the cryosphere.
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Eventually, a complement of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors will be needed to provide all the information required in the cryosphere[…]
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