T_WASH = TAXWASH
>>4984346 lb
>According to the new analysis of satellite data, the Antarctic ice sheet showed a net gain of 112 billion tons of ice a year from 1992 to 2001. That net gain slowed to 82 billion tons of ice per year between 2003 and 2008.
>>4984409 lb
>Scientists estimate the enormous cavity—1,000 feet high and 6 miles long—previously contained about 14 billion tons of ice, all of which disappeared within the last three years.
14b loss (over 3 years) != 112b gain total (or 82b over 5 years)