"Mass loss" refers to the reduction or decrease in the amount of a substance or material. It means that the object is losing weight or becoming lighter due to the loss of some of its particles or components.
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This is confirmed by gravity satellite measurements over the past 9 years which find that the rate of
ice mass loss has doubled over the last 9 years.
How much of it actually reaches the glaciers, and precisely how large its contribution is to the faster rates
of mass loss observed in recent decades, remain open questions.
At present, most
mass loss from ice sheets occurs at their marine margins, through iceberg production and melting by the ocean.
Not only does strength training boost your metabolic rate itself, but it also helps to protect against lean
muscle mass loss, which will cause your metabolism to slow down as well.
They investigated using different parameter values in the model and exploring the variation in the result and found a great deal of variation in ice
mass loss rates was possible.
There was also an unusually large amount of
mass loss during the 2010 summer due to extensive melting of snow and ice.
And as for the loss of weight in the vegan group in those who did not reduce calories, the real reason why they lost weight is
lean mass loss.
In areas where this pattern is significantly disturbed, researchers believe
accelerated mass loss is taking place.
On physical examination, the dog weighted 25 kg, with a history of a rapid
body mass loss for the last couple of months.
During the course of two months, consuming just one meal a day resulted in a greater
fat mass loss than consuming 2 meals a day.
The next must - do tip if you want to prevent muscle
mass loss while traveling is to keep active.
The team's new estimate of the rate of
solar mass loss represents one of the first times this value has been constrained based on observations rather than theoretical calculations.
They are cool, red giants with
large mass loss in the form of strong stellar winds, and are typically long - period variables.
And, this testosterone loss can show itself as
muscle mass loss, as well as a lack of focus, motivation, and more.
Increased protein intake reduces lean body
mass loss during weight loss in athletes.
Increased protein intake reduces lean
body mass loss during weight loss in athletes.
By all means show the detail once we have people's attention but what needs to be understood is the total
ice mass loss.
This rate
of mass loss has been increasing over the last decade.
The Washington Post asks Ian Joughin about a recent study, in the journal Science Advances, using a GPS network which measures ice
sheet mass loss in Greenland and re-evaluates previous studies.
Also, recent observations show the surface mass balance is declining (12) and contributing to
net mass loss from the GIS (27, 28) that is accelerating (28, 29).
Christopher A. Shuman Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Specialties: Ice elevation changes and
glacier mass losses using altimetry in combination with other remote sensing in the Antarctica Peninsula, the accuracy of early ICESat - 1 data, composite temperature records derived from AWS passive microwave data from SMMR and SSM / I and IR data from AVHRR
Figure 2: Greenland (a) and Antarctic (b) mass change deduced from gravitational field measurements by Velicogna (2009) and best - fits with 5 - year and 10 - year
mass loss doubling times.
Initial observations found that that most of
Antarctic mass loss comes from Western Antarctica (Velicogna 2007).
As to glaciers, I'm not aware of anyplace where 2010 summary data is available; it takes quite a while to compile glacier data, perhaps because the predominant methods of
measuring mass loss involve actually going to the glacier, and it takes time to make and compile all the information.
Recent Greenland ice
mass loss by drainage system from satellite gravity observations.
Thirteen years of GRACE data provide an excellent picture of the current mass changes of Greenland and Antarctica,
with mass loss in the GRACE period 2002 - 15 amounting to 265 ± 25 GT / yr for Greenland (including peripheral ice caps), and 95 ± 50 GT / year for Antarctica, corresponding to 0.72 mm / year and 0.26 mm / year average global sea level change.
«Global mean sea level rise estimated from satellite altimetry provides a strong constraint on climate variability and change and is expected to accelerate as the rates of both ocean warming and cryospheric
mass loss increase over time.
Bone
mass loss averages 1 - 2 per cent every year after Menopause and results in easy fractures and other symptoms related with Osteoporosis such as backache and pain in bones.
The study found basal melt accounted for 55 percent of all Antarctic ice
shelf mass loss from 2003 to 2008, an amount much higher than previously thought.
Annual net balance on eight North Cascades glaciers during the 1984 - 1994 period has been determined by measurement, of
total mass loss from firn and ice melt and, of residual snow depth at the end of the summer season.
«There are many faster rotators among asteroids which don't show signs of a
recent mass loss.
A number of authors have estimated past glacier net
mass loss using past temperature change with present day glacier covered areas and mass balance sensitivities (Table 11.4).