Alarming ice loss
What the detailed look at the ice shows is devastating. The volume loss in Greenland has doubled since 2000. The loss of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has in the same time span increased by a factor of three.
Combined, the two ice sheets are thinning at a rate of 500 cubic kilometres per year. That is the highest speed observed since altimetry satellite records began about 20 years ago.
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Hide AdThe contribution of both ice sheets together to sea level rise has doubled since 2009. This is yet another consequence of the catastrophic consequence of climate change
Alan HInnrichs
Gillespie Terrace
Dundee