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“Over the last decade, we have seen a steady 2.5m per year decrease in thickness, which is what you would expect given the water temperatures in the Weddell Sea,” Dr Andy Ridout, from University College London and the Natural Environment Research Council Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, said.