Signal: Greenland ice sheet melt
Polar ice sheet melt accelerating by 36 billion tons each year

Polar ice sheet melt accelerating by 36 billion tons each year

by on 29. Mar, 2011 in Uncategorized

According to a new NASA-funded satellite study, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an accelerating pace and are overtaking ice loss from mountain glaciers and ice caps to become the dominant contributor to global sea level rise. The graph above shows the gain and loss of ice mass from the world’s [...]

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Melting ice sheets now largest contributor to sea level rise

by on 21. Mar, 2011 in Uncategorized

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an accelerating pace, according to a new study. The findings of the study – the longest to date of changes in polar ice sheet mass – suggest these ice sheets are overtaking ice loss from Earth’s mountain glaciers and ice caps to become the dominant [...]