Glaciers have lost 9 trillion tonnes of ice since 1961, says satellite study

It's no secret that glaciers are becoming rarer and smaller in our warming world, but it's hard to understand the extent of that ice loss. Now, a comprehensive study has put a number to it, by combining field observations on the ground and satellite data. The team found that between 1961 and 2016, glaciers globally lost a total of over 9 trillion tonnes of ice, contributing significantly to sea level rise.

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• Climate
• climate change
• Climate Change
• ESA
• glacier
• Ice
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