Satellites show world's glaciers melting faster than ever

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Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31% more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to three-dimensional satellite measurements of all the world’s mountain glaciers.

Published 2 years ago · Nuuk, Greenland

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Satellites show world's glaciers melting faster than ever

Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31% more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to three-dimensional satellite measurements of all the world’s mountain glaciers. Using 20 years of recently declassified satellite data, scientists calculated that the world’s 220,000 mountain glaciers are losing more than 328 billion tons (298 billion metric tons) of ice and snow per year since 2015, according to a study in Wednesday’s…

2 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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BBC News

Climate change: World's glaciers melting at 'accelerating rate'

The world's glaciers are melting at an accelerating rate, according to a comprehensive new study.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Reuters

As climate changes, study finds world's glaciers melting faster

Nearly all of the world's glaciers are losing mass - and at an accelerated pace, according to a new study published Wednesday that could impact future projections for ice loss.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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