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The numbers you give are generally supported by the 2013 consensus summary linked above by @mewo2 (http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/248038.pdf), although that summary pegs the sea level rise due to ice sheets (worldwide) to be more like 1 mm/year (see also their Table 1), within a total sea level rise of 2-3 mm/yr (all sources):

"The consensus picture emerging: whereas Antarctica as a whole is losing mass slowly (assessed to be contributing 0.2 mm/yr sea-level equivalent by IMBIE2), Greenland, the Antarctic Peninsula and parts of West Antarctica are together losing mass at a moderate (~1 mm/yr sea-level equivalent) rate today (~70% of this mass loss is from Greenland) and rates for each are becoming increasingly negative."

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That summary is not willing to commit to a + or - sign for mass change in East Antarctica specifically, although some individual studies have shown mass growth there.



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