Ice loss worse than thought, says new study
The world’s glaciers are losing mass, and more quickly than thought, adding to sea levels rising
28 April 2021 - 19:13
Mexico City — Nearly all the world’s glaciers are losing mass — and at an accelerated pace, according to a new study published on Wednesday that could affect future projections for ice loss.
The study in the science journal Nature provides one of the most wide-ranging overviews yet of ice mass loss from about 220,000 glaciers around the world, a major source of sea level rise...
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