Polar ice loss accelerates to trillions of tons, nudging sea levels higher
TL;DR
A new study shows ice from Greenland and Antarctica is flowing into the ocean faster, with Jakobshavn Glacier calving about 41 billion metric tons of icebergs annually and overall polar ice loss reaching into the trillions of tons, contributing to rising sea levels.
- See how polar glaciers have lost trillions of tons of ice The Washington Post
- Satellite data shows major ice losses for Greenland and Antarctica reuters.com
- Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from the 1970s to 2023 | Scientific Data Nature
- Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years NBC News
- Faster-flowing glaciers fuel decades of polar ice loss European Space Agency
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