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> the Mass loss was 3333 gigatons for that first decade (May 2002-Sep 2012). You conveniently used a month with an unusually sharp drop as your end of decade,
by bildung 5y ago
> the Mass loss was 3333 gigatons for that first decade (May 2002-Sep 2012).
You conveniently used a month with an unusually sharp drop as your end of decade, which make me think I'm feeding a troll, but nevertheless:
The correct decade is May 2002 to April or May 2012, which gives you 272 gigatons per year as the average. There is pretty obvious seasonality in the data, so you can't just jump between seasons.
You could also use September 2002 to September 2012, if you insist on including the outlier month, which would work out out to 309 gigatons/year.
- chrisco255 5y agoAs the other commenter noted, my mistake to count 2002-2012, rather than 2003-2012, but the point still stands. There is a notable deceleration trend in the past decade and you can even visually inspect the chart to see it. After the record melt in 2012, you see significant deceleration. Note from 2016-2018 there was virtually no loss at all. 2020 was below average as well. And 2021 will be even further below average than that. It will show sideways or near sideways movement for this year.