Scientists are sounding the alarm as the melting of ice shelves in Antarctica and the Arctic reaches alarming levels. Over 40% of Antarctica's ice shelves have reduced in volume over the past 25 years, with some losing more than half of their ice since 1997. In the Arctic, researchers are capturing the consequences of catastrophic thaw, with the size of the global sea ice departure reaching its largest anomaly on record. Trillions of tons of ice have been lost, unleashing a significant amount of water into the oceans. The accelerating ice melt in Greenland and slowing in Antarctica are further evidence of the climate crisis. These findings highlight the urgent need for global action to address the impacts of climate change.
#Ice sheet surface melt is accelerating in Greenland and slowing in Antarctica, finds study @theAGU https://t.co/BwtxFxsu1q https://t.co/IrcqOXUBIo
Scientists count huge melts in many protective Antarctic ice shelves, trillions of tons of ice lost https://t.co/iz6OdI0JSX via @wacotrib #ClimateCentral
#Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 7th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 380,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,670,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 2,750,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 3,160,000 km² below the 1980s mean Plots: https://t.co/ysoGwwYtqb https://t.co/9rAYcwOP1d
The size of the global sea ice departure (i.e., amount of missing ice compared to 1981-2010) has just reached the largest anomaly in our satellite record... ☹️ More figures at https://t.co/ecHYax1KfT. Data from @NSIDC. https://t.co/tFzYZJ7e2e
Scientists count huge melts in many protective #AntarcticIceShelves. Trillions of tons of #ice lost. @ScienceAdvances https://t.co/SjMttuQhc1 https://t.co/XMXWF46Swe
Antarctica’s melting ice shelves have unleashed 7.5 TRILLION tonnes of water into the oceans since 1997–Daily Mail https://t.co/wIguTfuiMX
Researchers in the high Arctic are capturing the consequences of catastrophic thaw. 🎧 Listen to this series on the changing high Arctic with host @SciMediaCreator at 🔗 https://t.co/8Bb7esFyZb Funding for this story was provided in part by @LetsTalkScience https://t.co/RvZqSArWHC
"More than 40% of Antarctica’s ice shelves have shrunk since 1997 ... with no sign of recovery." #EndFossilFuels https://t.co/G01ApBZhIU
Over 40% of #Antarctica's #iceShelves reduced in volume over 25 years, scientists say @universityleeds @NatureClimate @ScienceAdvances https://t.co/SjMttuQhc1 https://t.co/diDgfBhNsg
Scientists track 'alarming' melt in Antarctic ice shelves https://t.co/7dQYlotkQS https://t.co/Qaizn5Jr1P
Four dozen Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk by at least 30% since 1997 and 28 of those have lost more than half of their ice in that time https://t.co/Ccm3eZU7Ye
Due to unusually low sea ice in the #Arctic and #Antarctic, the size of the global sea ice departure is growing to its most anomalous yet this year... More figures at https://t.co/ecHYax1KfT https://t.co/Zy57isrhj5
Researchers in the high Arctic are capturing the consequences of catastrophic thaw. 🎧 Listen to this series on the changing high Arctic with host @SciMediaCreator at 🔗 https://t.co/BFAXkxtff1 Funding for this story was provided in part by @LetsTalkScience https://t.co/E87WwdiVxA
Missing Antarctic sea ice shows a new, worrying reality https://t.co/gZWTsunX10